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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 237 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jerrysvino on 3/31/2024 & rated 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. (408 views) | | | Tasted by Rusdry on 3/28/2024 & rated 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 (426 views) | | | Tasted by JERB on 12/31/2023 & rated 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! (701 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 10/16/2023 & rated 93 points: Showing beautifully. Fruit is still present, body is sturdy and accessible. An old favorite that I still like after decades. (1382 views) | | | Tasted by Cow Town on 10/6/2023 & rated 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. (1042 views) | | | Tasted by JDR58 on 9/9/2023 & rated 89 points: Might have cellared this too long. Raisin finish - not as good as I rememer previous bottles. (986 views) | | | Tasted by Labrador on 8/18/2023 & rated 92 points: A wonderful Georges de Latour (980 views) | | | Tasted by dmbjr on 6/29/2023: Perfect. Even day 2 (1073 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 2/12/2023 & rated 93 points: Tasted from a well-cellared bottle that was popped and poured at a walk-around Super Bowl party, this opaque ruby/red wine (a blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot) was serially sampled over a three-hour period, during which time it continued to evolve. Delivering a payload of dark plums, wild berries, orange zest, licorice, dark chocolate and exotic spices, it is a full-bodied, freshly acidic, proportionately oaked wine with surprisingly well-integrated alcohol when served at 60-65°F (despite being listed as 15.7%). Wrapping its flavors with plentiful polished tannins, it stays solid in the middle and lingers nicely on the finish. This well-crafted, structured Cab will provide pleasure for many years to come. Drink now-2039. (1600 views) | | | Tasted by gmbdds on 1/27/2023 & rated 95 points: Decanted at a restaurant for corkage, not my bottle. Classic showing. Vibrant nose. Both red and black licorice, tons of spice and red fruits. This is at that great intersection of integration and complexity without losing vigor. I suppose drink soon. (1319 views) | | | Tasted by Rasmussenbrent on 12/11/2022 & rated 93 points: I decanted for about 30 minutes and the first few drinks were still young, but then it opened right up. Perfect drinking time right now. (1520 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 11/25/2022 & rated 93 points: Saturated very dark red/purple color with a 3mm transition. PNP, drank a couple glass over 3 hours. Starts with cedar box, cassis, plum, loam, spice cake and builds to show leaf tobacco, eucalyptus and black cherry. The palate is dense, full bodied, cassis, black cherry, with undertones of blue fruits, tobacco, a little scorched earth mid and back, with some wood on the finish. Still benefits from the air. May update on day two: day 2 totally firing now, oak resolved, tar and scorched earth, velvety texture to the black fruit with ripe raspberry top notes and menthol. Will hold off a couple years on the next one. Excellent. 93+ to 94pts. (1709 views) | | | Tasted by garygailkrivan on 10/23/2022 & rated 94 points: Still drinking very nicely, hints of Cherry, Raspberry, some vanilla, and a hint of Chocolate. (1589 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 7/25/2022 & rated 94 points: Pop and pour. Showing beautifully, still plenty of fruit, full body, well balanced. (1738 views) | | | Tasted by garygailkrivan on 6/25/2022 & rated 93 points: Drinking well right now, decanted for an hour and a half, very light tannins, cherry, tobacco and some vanilla. (1482 views) | | | Tasted by DrRB on 5/30/2022 & rated 95 points: Exceptional, do it again. (1486 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoffalstaff on 5/1/2022 & rated 90 points: It has benefited from the extra time but at 16% ABV this simply is no longer anything to do with the classics of the last century. Such a shame. It was made as a Parker Point magnet and it shows. So many better Californians. (1576 views) | | | Tasted by Richard123 on 1/2/2022 & rated 85 points: just can't see the excitement about this. Seems like a nice napa cab, but not anything iconic. (2247 views) | | | Tasted by mobley on 10/24/2021 & rated 93 points: Big wine, with enough tannins and fruit to last a decade longer (2245 views) | | | Tasted by SPLJEG on 9/21/2021 & rated 88 points: Unsophisticated fruit bomb. (2327 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 5/4/2021 & rated 95 points: Decanted three hours. Full palate of classic Napa style with cassis, licorice, earth, and oak. Tannins are supple. Another 2009 singing loud and clear! (3167 views) | | | Tasted by Thoughtful on 4/30/2021 & rated 94 points: Powerful bouquet leapt from bottle. Huge wine of extract and power. Alcohol and fruit dominate tannins. Great in an extreme style similar to a supercharged Barossa shiraz but no worse for that. Not for the faint hearted but authentic of its type. (2372 views) | | | Tasted by GFWeaver on 2/1/2021 & rated 94 points: Love this stuff. Probably at its peak, but can still be wonderful for several years. Great expression of Rutherford. Balanced fruit, dust, leather... just dang good wine boys and girls. And this is a price conscious rating. Really good BV. (2725 views) | | | Tasted by Martysfo on 1/3/2021 & rated 95 points: Great bottle at the peak of its drinking window. Very typical of Rutherford. Blue fruit and mocha. Leathery and cedar on the nose, and a rich, full finish. (2452 views) | | | Tasted by Frank1960 on 1/1/2021 & rated 85 points: Not very impressive for its price point. I have enjoyed $35 bottles more. It was "ok", fairly well balanced with fruity notes. I would not buy this bottle again for this price.
Deep purple color, had a nice finish. There is no sediment in the bottle. (2035 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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WineAlign (9/11/2013)
(Beaulieu Vineyard Georges De Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162
(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
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| Beaulieu Vineyard Producer website | Profile in The Oenofiles | The Wine Cellar InsiderCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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