BEAULIEU Georges de Latour Cabernet Sauvignon 'Private Reserve' - Napa Valley 2019 Bottle - 100 POINTS (los)

Description

JAMES SUCKLING 100 points !!!
Wow! The aromas to this are really exceptional, with a tangerine edge to the blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, flowers and wet earth. It changes all the time. So expressive and refined. Full-bodied with great intensity and depth of fruit. The ultra-fine tannins display millions of layers. The texture on the palate is superb and lasts for minutes. This is the new 1974 George de Latour, which was a legend. Real Napa Valley red here. Drinkable now, to understand it, but truly great in five to six years and onwards. Benchmark.

DECANTER 97
Tasted by: Jonathan Cristaldi (at Napa Valley Vintners office, St Helena, 13 Jun 2022) Part of Value Napa Cabernet 2019: the top buys
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2045
One of Napa Valley's most iconic wines, today produced by Trevor Durling, only the fourth winemaker to follow in the footsteps of the great André Tchelistcheff. Recent vintages have been very compact on release, revealing very little of the immense complexity and deliciousness that they are capable of evolving into. This 2019 is no exception. Reticent on the nose with fresh cedar, wild herbs and blackberry fruit. Full, round and robust palate with saturated black and blueberry fruit, currants, graphite and coffee bean. Weighty but with tremendous tension and energy.

THE WINE ADVOCATE Rating 94
Drink Date 2024 - 2040
While the quality of the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour is indeed excellent, what may be even more impressive is that there are more than 12,000 cases of the stuff. Marked by scents of cherries, dusty earth, dried herbs and hints of cedar, it's full-bodied, silky and complex, with a lingering finish. It doesn't require much cellaring, but it should drink well for close to two decades. Nicely done.

JANE ANSON 94, WINE SPECTATOR 92, WINE ENTHUSIAST 97, THE WINE INDEPENDENT 95