Beaulieu Vineyard, Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019
Beaulieu Vineyard, Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019
- Red Still
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot
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One of the jewels in the crown of Rutherford AVA, Georges de Latour numbers among California's most iconic wines and is arguably the first Cabernet to enjoy a cult reputation during the 20th century. It is also one of the longest-running wineries, having dutifully stayed open during prohibition under the guise of providing sacramental wine to the church, an absolutely ingenious idea.
This cuvée used to be kept back for the family only though was identified by the then winemaker as being of exceptional quality and he managed to convince them to release it in 1940 as their top cuvée, where it has remained ever since.
Drinking window: 2025 - 2045
What the critics say:
"Wow! The aromas to this are really exceptional, with a tangerine edge to the blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, flowers and wet earth. It changes all the time. So expressive and refined. Full-bodied with great intensity and depth of fruit. The ultra-fine tannins display millions of layers. The texture on the palate is superb and lasts for minutes. This is the new 1974 George de Latour, which was a legend. Real Napa Valley red here. Drinkable now, to understand it, but truly great in five to six years and onwards. Benchmark."
"One of Napa Valley's most iconic wines, today produced by Trevor Durling, only the fourth winemaker to follow in the footsteps of the great André Tchelistcheff. Recent vintages have been very compact on release, revealing very little of the immense complexity and deliciousness that they are capable of evolving into. This 2019 is no exception. Reticent on the nose with fresh cedar, wild herbs and blackberry fruit. Full, round and robust palate with saturated black and blueberry fruit, currants, graphite and coffee bean. Weighty but with tremendous tension and energy."
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