1988 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  12/27/2023 - pford wrote: 85 Points

  Well past prime. Initial taste was thin and dried out. But opened up in the glass. Ended up being a good enough accompaniment to the Christmas tenderloin.

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  1/8/2022 - pford wrote: 90 Points

  Still showing nice fruit and color at 33.

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  2/19/2020 - forceberry wrote: 86 Points

  12,6% alcohol.
  
  Quite subtly translucent and still relatively youthful pomegranate red color with a colorless rim. Dry, meaty and somewhat oxidative nose with aromas of dried blackcurrants, some raisiny tones, a little bit of sweet cherry marmalade, light vegetal notes of bell pepper, oxidative hints of soy sauce and hoi-sin and a touch of woody oak spice. The wine is full-bodied, rather tertiary and getting already somewhat thin on the palate with very evolved flavors of wizened blackcurrants, some gamey meat, a little bit of beef jerky, light oxidative notes of soy sauce, a hint of toasty oak spice and a touch of tar. The wine is still quite structured with its moderately high acidity and firm medium tannins. The finish is dry, long and quite tertiary with rather old flavors of gamey meat, wizened blackcurrants, some sour cherries, a little bit of savory wood spice, light smoky tones and a hint of hoi-sin.
  
  A stylish and savory Napa Cab that is a bit too old for its own good. Structurally the wine feels wonderfully balanced, but the fruit has already started to give in, making the taste come across somewhat thin and somewhat oxidative. The wine progressed only to its inevitable decline over the evening, so decanting didn't seem to help; this was at its best quite soon after opening the bottle. Still drinkable, but not showing its best anymore and won't benefit from further aging. Drink sooner rather than later.

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  1/7/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): Maybe my favorite of the tasting. Ok, yes, it's old and it's aged and it's not exactly where it could be, but it's still drinking well and if I have a choice for just crossing the border of age or too young I'm going this way all the time. This bottle was also open already so hard to say that where it was for us is where it is. Fresher in style. Herbal dominated. Black fruits in the background. I enjoyed it.

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  11/25/2019 - JohnTheBastard Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Good steak wine. Still a good amount of fruit, and lots of acid, but balanced out a bit with age. Not particularly note-worthy in terms of complexity, but pleasant nose, and very agreeable at under 13% ABV. Don’t decant, and drink fast. Starts to fall apart in 45 minutes.

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