2021 Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) George De Latour Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley 750 ml

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There is no wine in Napa Valley more iconic than Beaulieu Vineyard’s Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon—and their 2021 adds to its immense legacy like few before it: It was named the #2 Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator in their Top 100. “What a spectacular showing of this iconic wine,” wrote Napa-based Decanter critic Jonathan Cristaldi in his glowing review of the 2021. “It is one of the most satisfying and immediately enjoyable expressions of the Georges de Latour Private Reserve in the last decade.” In any vintage, this is a bottle that the serious Napa Cab collector would love to have in their cellar. In the fabulous 2021 vintage—and as the #2 bottle of the last year—it’s a must-have.

98 pts

Decanter

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.

98+ pts

Jeb Dunnuck

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.

98 pts

James Suckling

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.

95 pts

Wine Spectator

#2 Wine of the Year, Top 100 Wines of 2024. 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.

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Conceived by Napa pioneer André Tchelistcheff and named after BV founder Georges de Latour, the first vintage (the 1936) was released way back in 1940. Since then, Georges de Latour has become one of the most celebrated wines in the world—and it’s just as monumental now as it ever was. Spectator just declared “BV is enjoying a renaissance” while crowning them with the honor that will have collectors from coast-to-coast running for bottles.

André Tchelistcheff, known today as the godfather of Napa Valley winemaking, joined Beaulieu Vineyard in 1938. When he tasted the de Latour family’s Private Reserve, he insisted that it be bottled and sold as the winery’s flagship offering. In 1940, BV and Tchelistcheff released the first edition of the wine, named after BV founder Georges de Latour.

The quality of the Private Reserve is uncompromising. The grapes are selected by hand from Cabernet vines on the western bench of Rutherford, from BV ranches No. 1 and No. 2, which were originally planted by Georges de Latour over a century ago. The clones selected—6, 4, 169, 7, and 8—yield small berries with a high skin-to-juice ratio, which ramps up the intensity and the longevity of the wine.

BV has a winery dedicated exclusively to producing the Georges de Latour Private Reserve—yes, you read that right. The wine is fermented in a combination of stainless steel and concrete to preserve fresh-fruit character, and French oak barrels to foster integration and enhance the texture. Following vinification, the wine goes into French oak barrels, 95% of them new, for 20 months of aging.

Every vintage, this bottling is a cellarworthy icon. In 2021, it’s transcendent.