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1975 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Label borrowed from 1976
Label borrowed from 1976
Label borrowed from 1976
Community Tasting Notes 36
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racerchris wrote: 84 points
February 12, 2022 - Good cork, good fill level. Brownish when decanting, showed more red in the glass. A little bit of fruit left but the most obvious note was celery.
It didn't crack up over several hours but didn't develop into anything special either. It wasn't bad but it wasn't very enjoyable. -
cfluehr Likes this wine: 90 points
September 5, 2020 - Opened, aerated and decanted for about two hours. Nose went from fruit forward to sweet to balanced over that time. Wine has not turned. Was a bit cloudy but quite drinkable. Tart red fruit mostly, earthy undertones. Not a classic but enjoyable.
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MC2 Wines wrote:
January 7, 2020 - Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): End of the bottle from a coravin where to a certain extent you are just drinking sediment. So take this note with a grain of salt. It's secondary and old bordeaux in an exponential manner Not fresh, but I have no idea how long that bottle has been 'opened' for, so could it have been? Maybe. To me it was all saddle oil and old leather and interesting, but not fresh which is something you look for in the old ones. It's on the downhill.
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Dclapp4121 Likes this wine: 73 points
September 14, 2019 - Leathery, forest floor
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MC2 Wines wrote:
September 7, 2019 - Reminds me a lot of old bordeaux. There's a fair amount of leather and kindof older school notes. It's starting to be a big faded so good to drink up.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2014, Issue #49, Another Round of Recently Tasted Old School and Neo-Classical American Wines(Beaulieu Vineyards “Georges de Latour” Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
7/18/2017 (link) 95 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Bricked medium red violet color; aromatic, mature, cedar, menthol, cassis, cigar box, tobacco nose; delicious, silky textured, tar currant, cedar, sandalwood, tobacco palate with good balancing acidity; long finish (13% alcohol; 2.5 years in American oak) 95+ points
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By Richard Jennings
4/21/2011 (link)(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Bricking dark red violet color; murky, plum nose; over the hill, plum murky palate
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By Richard Jennings
10/11/2007 (link) 88 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Group's #8 (my #7) – 87 pts.; 0, 0, 2, 3 – medium red color with pale meniscus; narrower, pruney, red fruit and currant nose; tart, mature, currant, red fruit and menthol palate; medium finish
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By Richard Jennings
9/6/2007 (link) 92 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Light red color with pale meniscus; tart, redolent dried cherry nose; sweet and tart mature Cali Cabernet palate with dried cherry, currant, a touch of prune and shitake mushroom; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1975
- Type Red
- Producer Beaulieu Vineyard
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Georges de Latour Private Reserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
- In Cellars 403 (65%)
- Consumed 213 (34%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
75% Like It 12 votes
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- AppellationNapa Valley
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