Professional Ratings

• 95 James Suckling
  Lots of asphalt, walnut, licorice and blackberry character. Full body, chewy and tannic with loads of structure and tension. Muscular and poised. Needs four or five years more of aging. Solid.
• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Composed of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 3% Malbec, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour was aged for 22 months in French oak barrels, 90% new. The alcohol came in at 15.5% this year. Deep garnet in color with a hint of purple, it springs from the glass with spritely notions of crushed red and black currants, wild blueberries and fragrant violets plus touches of black tea, dark chocolate, licorice and roses and a waft of tilled black soil. The impactfully concentrated, full-bodied palate confirms this wine is aging at a glacial pace with loads of bright, primary fruit and a taut backbone of grainy tannins matched by bold freshness, finishing very long and perfumed. This wine still has many years ahead!

• 94 Wine Enthusiast
  One of the appellation's more famous wines, this opens in black licorice and blackberry, alongside a streak of malted chocolate, soft and sinewy, with a tension of acidity that adds age-worthy structure. Dense and interesting now, it'll get better over time, cellaring well through 2027.
• 94 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  One the very best Georges De Latours in a lifetime of pleasures—I have experienced nearly every vintage since the winery's maiden vintage from 1936. The 2012 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges De Latour Private Reserve Cabernet offers outstanding richness and shows a completeness that is sometimes missing in ultra-premium wines. From blackcurrants to sweet earth and a slight accent of oak, this elegant wine deserves savoring. Drinking nicely now, but needing time to reach its crescendo. (Tasted: May 9, 2016, San Francisco, CA)