1994 Beaulieu Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour
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1994 Beaulieu Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour
750 ml
USA: California: Napa > Cabernet Sauvignon
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Reviews of 1994 Beaulieu Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour
91 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
December 1997
This is one of the finest efforts from Beaulieu in some time. Not since the mid-eighties has BV made a Private Reserve Cabernet with such richness and potential...an attractive nose of sweet, toasty new oak, and ripe red and black fruits. In the mouth, there is a layered texture, full-bodied richness, excellent purity, and sweet tannin in the long finish. This wine can be drunk now as well as over the next 15-20 years. Bravo to BV!
92 points, Wine Spectator
November 2004
Complex floral, black cherry, spice and currant aromas lead to a rich, polished, deftly balanced wine offering mature hints of anise and sage, and finishing with a long, lingering aftertaste that's supple and elegant...
About 1994 Beaulieu Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour
About the Winery Beaulieu
When
Georges and Fernande de Latour purchased a four-acre parcel of land with a hous
in Rutherford
in May 1900, the new century had barely begun. Georges de Latour decided to
surprise his wife with a wonderful piece of property in the heart of Napa Valley in a small town called Rutherford.
When Fernande saw the land she exclaimed "Quel Beaulieu" which in French means
beautiful place, thus Beaulieu Vineyard was named. This new venture for the de
Latours was timely. In fact, Napa Valley
had been suffering because of a vine-destroying louse called phylloxera. Thanks
to Georges' knowledge of the cure for phylloxera - resistant rootstock that he
would import by the millions over the next decade - prosperity would return to
Napa Valley, and Georges would soon be a most influential and well-known
figure.
As
the St. Helena Star wrote in May, 1911: "When it comes to quality, California is greatly indebted to Mr. G. de
Latour, of Rutherford,
who for some years has imported hundreds of thousands of the choicest French
grafted vines, which have been planted in all the important vineyards of the
State."
About the Wine
"Deep dark ruby in color, the aromas reflect classic Rutherford notes of black cherry and currant, with licorice, loam and dried herb components. The wine is medium to full bodied with layered flavors of dark berries, currants, cherries, slate, anise and vanilla...Reserve level Cabernet-based wines are vinified in a similar manner. Grapes were hand picked at optimal maturity and crushed into stainless steel fermenting tanks. Fermentation lasted 7-10 days, with peak juice temperatures reaching 85°F. The must was gently pumped over/punched down 2-3 times per day to carefully extract aroma and flavor components. Pressed at dryness, the individual vineyard lots were transferred to a variety of barrels for malolactic fermentation and extended aging...Nearly opaque black ruby-violet color. Pronounced, herbal, licorice-vanilla and dark cherry aromas, fragrant and explosive intensity. Definite clone 6 influence. Full-bodied, with a thick chewy texture, ripe black and red fruits, firm but supple tannins and no sense of jamminess or over-ripeness. Ripe tannins and solid acidity provide underpinning. Hints of licorice and mineral, as well as bittersweet cocoa, show up in the very long finish. This wine has high fruit intensity combined with strong structure to insure extended aging up to two decades from vintage, and should be the longest aging Private Reserve of the 1990’s."
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