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2009 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Label borrowed from 2008
Community Tasting Notes 121
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jerrysvino Likes this wine: 94 points
March 31, 2024 - 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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Rusdry wrote: 94 points
March 28, 2024 - 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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JERB Likes this wine: 93 points
December 31, 2023 - 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.
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Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 points
October 16, 2023 - Showing beautifully. Fruit is still present, body is sturdy and accessible. An old favorite that I still like after decades.
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Cow Town Likes this wine: 93 points
October 6, 2023 - 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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By David Lawrason
9/11/2013 (link)(Beaulieu Vineyard Georges De Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (link)(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
7/18/2017 (link) 92 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Very dark magenta color; lifted, appealing, black currant, blackberry, light vanilla, toffee nose; plush, creamy textured, youthful, black currant, blackberry, vanilla palate with some balancing acidity; long finish (96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot; 15.7% alcohol; 22 months in French oak, 100% new)
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By Richard Jennings
7/11/2012 (link) 92 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Opaque red violet color; redolent, baked black currant, cinnamon nose; baked black currant, cinnamon palate with smooth tannins; needs 2-plus years; medium-plus finish (96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot; 23 mos. in 100% new French oak; 15.5% alcohol)
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By Richard Jennings
2/24/2012 (link) 92 points(Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve) Dark ruby color; rich baked berry, black currant, pie crust nose; ripe black currant, ripe berry, baked black fruit palate; medium-plus finish 92+ points (96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot; 23 mos. in 100% new French oak; 15.5% alcohol)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- 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
- UPC Codes 080696001116, 080696922114, 080696922381, 080696922664
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,335 (54%)
- Consumed 1,989 (46%)
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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