Red Wines	Cabernet Sauvignon	Napa Valley	California

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Date Printed: 12/2/2008

Beaulieu - BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve 2004

(search item no. 92976)
collectible wine
Wine Enthusiast rating: 95 points
Wine & Spirits rating: 93 points
PRICE ON 12/2/2008: $109.00

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2005 Wine Enthusiast rating: 95 points
2003 Wine Enthusiast rating: 95 points
2002 The Wine News rating: 95 points
2002 Wine Enthusiast rating: 92 points
2001 Wine Enthusiast rating: 93 points
2000 Wine Spectator rating: 92 points
2000 Wine Enthusiast rating: 92 points
1999 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
1997 Wine Spectator rating: 95 points
1997 Wine Enthusiast rating: 94 points
1997 Wine & Spirits rating: 92 points
1996 Wine Spectator rating: 92 points
1995 Wine Spectator rating: 93 points

Winemaker's Notes:

Blend: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot

Georges de Latour is the classic, original "Reserve" California wine, reflecting many decades of experience with some of Napa Valley's most historic vineyards. This wine was aged for 21 months in oak. Hand-harvested fruit, whole berries, careful but vigorous extraction during fermentation and gentle handling throughout the winemaking process yield a stunning wine for the ages.

The 2004 vintage of this extraordinary wine offers intense aromas of black fruits, mocha, toast and briar. It is full bodied, with rich, mouth-filling tannins and deeply concentrated black currant, vanilla and anise flavors. This vintage will require seven to nine years of aging to reach maturity, yet tastes fine now — an excellent example of the vintage.

My Notes:

Additional wines from Beaulieu Vineyard:

2004 Coastal Merlot (search item no. 89678)
2004 Napa Merlot (search item no. 91330)
2004 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 86603)
2004 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 86603)
2004 Tapestry (search item no. 92596)
2005 Coastal Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 91817)
2005 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 93326)
2005 Napa Zinfandel (search item no. 92818)
2005 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 94485)

About Beaulieu Vineyard:

Beaulieu Vineyard, rooted in the benchlands of Rutherford in world-renowned Napa Valley, has pioneered California winemaking since the turn of the century. Founded in 1900 by French immigrant Georges de Latour, Beaulieu ("beautiful place" in French) Vineyard today spans nearly 1500 acres, and its wines are marked by its proud tradition as an innovative leader in the history of the California wine industry. BV can boast being among the first to import disease-resistant, bench-grafted rootstock; the first to use American oak barrels for aging wine; and for producing some of the first recognized world-class Cabernet Sauvignon from California.