Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (750ML)
From Napa Valley
| Vintage: | 2021 |
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| Description: | 98+ Jd / 98 JS / 98 De / 98 Vm / 95 Ws / 95 We. #2 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024. #13 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2024. #55 James Suckling Top 100 USA 2024. Lastly, the flagship 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Georges De Latour Private Reserve is in the same ballpark as the 2019 and is an incredibly elegant yet concentrated 2021 that does everything right. Purple-hued, with ample cassis, wild sage, graphite, and darker chocolate-like aromatics, it picks up a Graves-like gravelly earth character with air and is full-bodied, has ripe, polished tannins, beautiful overall balance, and a great finish. As with many of the top 2021s, it s a touch reserved and closed and needs 4-5 years of bottle age, but will drink well for 30 years. - Jeb Dunnuck. Intense aromas of iodine, blackcurrants, cedar, sandalwood and mint follow through to a medium to full body with silky tannins that spread across the palate and expand in a balanced and harmonized way. Hints of chocolate and fruit at the end. Some tar. Drinkable but better in a few years. Try in 2027 and beyond. - James Suckling. What a spectacular showing of this iconic wine in the terrific 2021 vintage. Deep ruby with a purple hue, it just exudes elegance and statesmanship. It has a noble quality to it that begins with its precise and lifted bouquet of dried rose petals, kirsch, Blackberry, and cassis fruit interlaced with sagebrush, sandalwood, and toasty cedarwood. Perfectly medium to full-bodied, showcasing a dazzling spectrum of silken red and black fruits redolent of strawberry, cherry, plum, and blackberry atop a substantial bed of taut, mineral-tinged tannins. A spine of racy acidity lifts the panoply of fruit, and the finish reveals a plethora of wild herbs, cast iron notes, pastille, and white pepper, nuanced by rich, toasty oak infused with toffee and vanilla bean. It is one of the most satisfying and immediately enjoyable expressions of the Georges de Latour Private Reserve in the last decade. Produced by Trevor Durling, the fourth winemaker to follow in the footsteps of the great André Tchelistcheff.- Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter. The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour is outrageously beautiful. A wine of statuesque build and class, the 2021 represents another major step forward for Bv. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather, menthol, mocha and gravel soar from the glass. This is an especially rened vintage for this agship wine. Here, too, there is plenty of tannin, but it is not anywhere near as perceptible as it was in the past. Shorter macerations and gentler overall winemaking, including fewer lots vinied in barrel, have elevated the Georges meaningfully.-Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. This is packed with dark, winey flavors of black currant and blackberry paste underscored with alder, sweet tobacco, warm paving stone and black licorice notes, while a violet accent fills the background. The polished finish makes this accessible now, but there's plenty of life ahead. Drink now through 2042.-James Molesworth, Wine Spectator. Beaulieu Vineyard's Georges de Latour has a long history, dating to its inaugural vintage of 1936. De Latour himself hired the legendary André Tchelistcheff as winemaker in 1938; Tchelistcheff would go on to steward the bottling for the next 35 years. Select vintages from his tenure across the 1950s, '60s and early '70s are considered benchmark wines for California Cabernet. After a rocky period through the 1980s and '90s, Bv is enjoying a renaissance, with a new winery built in 2008 and additional investment after the winery was acquired by Treasury Wine Estates in 2016. Winemaker Trevor Durling was hired in 2017 and hit a high note with this classic-rated 2021 in a superb vintage. - Wine Spectator. Deep and brooding with concentration and velvety flavors. A subtle floral lift spins through flavors of sweet kitchen spices, black fruits, and savory length. A sprinkle of dried spices and tobacco add additional depth. Powdery fine tannins and a lengthy finish complete a Cabernet ready to drink now with the potential to develop for years in bottle. - Elaine Chukan Brown, Wine Enthusiast |
| Price: | $ 139.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on November 20, 2024.
