2009 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (121) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  3/31/2024 - jerrysvino Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Decanted for 1.5 hours. This 15 year old was a delicious wine with a lot of fruit, black cherry, eucalyptus, vanilla, earthy tones. Tannins nicely mellowed.

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  3/28/2024 - Rusdry wrote: 94 Points

  What a Rush of aroma. Enticing. Flavor backs it up with wide ranging fruit and slight dustiness. Just starting into its peak period. Tasted at the winery

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  12/31/2023 - JERB Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for 3 hours before tasting. NYE at our house. USDA Prime Bone-in Rib Roast (4 ribs) reverse seared ala J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. Fabulous meal and excellent wine!
  
  The wine is now 11 past release and is drinking beautifully. One descriptor that came to mind was 'voluptuous.' The fruit is definitely still there, but it has melded into a greater sense of the whole. All of the elements are just so well integrated and so enjoyable. It was not as good as the 2015 Round Pond we had in September, but it was also different. The BV seemed to say, "I'm here. I've been waiting. I am in no hurry. Take you time and enjoy!" And that's what we did.
  
  The other cabernets on the table tonight were:
  >>A 2016 A. Rafanelli Dry Creek Cabernet - which was actually my WOTN - but it was very different from the BV. The Rafanelli was still very youthful and vibrant with fabulous fruit flavors.
  >> A 2011 Adelaida 'Viking Estate' cabernet which was also wonderful but had a clear sense of being a bold Paso cab. I just have a preference for cabs from Napa/Sonoma.
  
  Best wishes to all in 2024!

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  10/16/2023 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Showing beautifully. Fruit is still present, body is sturdy and accessible. An old favorite that I still like after decades.

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  10/6/2023 - Cow Town Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Definitely on the side of the group that likes this wine and thinks it had a long life ahead. Tasted like a nice, aged napa cab - not an aged bordeaux, but an aged napa. Still fruit, but silky tannins, good fruit, and a long finish. Only at 93? Could be higher, but tasted alongside a bunch of heavy hitters. Either way, a very nice wine.

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