Beringer has produced this successful, sweet, botrytis-affected blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon for decades. The 2019 Nightingale is 84% Sauvignon and 16% Sem, aged in 55% new French oak (45% is second-use wood). It offers nicely balanced apricot and pineapple notes and is medium-bodied on the palate. Sweet without being overly so, it finishes with a touch of chalk-dust phenolics that helps it to avoid being cloying. The price given is for the standard 375-milliliter bottle.

A "Sauternes-style dessert wine," the 2016 Nightingale is a blend of 55% Sémillon and 45% Sauvignon Blanc. Pale lemon-yellow in color, it gives up notes of wet wool, lemon marmalade, pineapple and lime cordial with a waft of ginger ale. As sweet wines go, this is relatively dry (just 50 grams per liter of residual sugar) with a gorgeous satiny texture, bags of candied citrus fruit flavors and good length. 300 cases were made.

A blend of 54% Sémillon and 46% Sauvignon Blanc, botrytized under controlled conditions, the 2014 Nightingale reveals a pale gold color and notes of lemon tart, marmalade and acacia honey with hints of hay and lemongrass. The palate is sweet, rich and unctuous with a lovely preserved lemon character and great freshness, finishing with a very pleasant herbal lift.