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While the popularity of cult favorite Napa Cabs may rise and fall over time, the powerful 98 pt. 2018 Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve and 100 pt. 2019 Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve comes from an iconic Napa producer that has stood the test of time, two highly rated, cellar-worthy Napa Cabs reflecting the estate's unmatched 100 year legacy for quality and over delivering value in a big way.
Established with 80 acres first planted by founder Georges de Latour in the early 1900's, Beaulieu Vineyard has grown to one of the largest landowners in Rutherford with over 1,100 acres of vines, the prime vineyards for the Georges de Latour Private Reserve situated on the AVA's famed gravelly western bench bordering To Kalon in Oakville with deeply rooted vines that produce small, concentrated berries. Known for coining the term "Rutherford Dust" as an expression of the AVA's distinctive terroir, legendary winemaker Andre Tchelistcheff tasted a special lot of the 1936 vintage and released the first Georges de Latour in 1941, earning it the designation of Napa's first special "Reserve" and consistently garnering 90 plus point ratings over the decades. Blending mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with small amounts of Petit Verdot and Malbec at the cuvee's dedicated state of the art winery, winemaker Trevor Durling aged the richly complex 98 pt. 2018 BV Georges de Latour for 22 months in 95% new French oak, yielding vibrant, energetic dark fruit with tantalizing minerality, described as "juicy, ripe and inviting" by the Wine Spectator's James Molesworth and declared a "brilliant, seamless wine in the making" by critic Jeb Dunnuck that's built for decades in the cellar. Named James Suckling's Wine of the Year in 2022 and among only a handful of Napa Cabs earning a perfect score in the vintage, the elegant and muscular 100 pt. 2019 Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve is a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with 9% Petit Verdot aged for 20 months in 95% new French oak, yielding fresh, ripe dark fruit with well-integrated notes of vanilla and toasted spice and layered, silky tannins, described as "one to wait for" by Decanter's Georgina Hindle and declaring it "one of the best value Napa Valley wines going."
Considered Napa's reference point for expertly balancing power with elegance for over 80 vintages, the thrilling 98 pt. 2018 Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve and 100 pt. 2019 Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve represent the apex of this legendary cuvee, offered at a fraction of the price of the "new kids on the block" for savvy Napa Cab collectors to savor over the next few decades. | 
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