Description
Wine Gift Set Includes:
- Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
This is a truly remarkable vintage of Beaulieu Vineyard's iconic flagship wine. The bouquet is intense with fragrant notes of wild sage, blackcurrant, cedar, and fresh mint. The palate is expansive and full-bodied with a sumptuous mouthfeel, showcasing layers of ripe blackberry, redcurrant, and red rose petal alongside earthier tones of graphite, licorice root, gravely stone, and dark chocolate. Subtle baking spices from the French oak barrel aging provide sandalwood, clove, and Ceylon cinnamon notes, while the signature “Rutherford Dust” tannins are silky, polished, and fine-grained, finishing long with a cocoa powder texture. Slightly reserved upon release but incredibly drinkable, elegant, and pleasing, the tannins provide approachability with beautiful harmony and balance. There is significant presence, depth, and concentration in this Private Reserve, foreshadowing cellar-worthy potential that will continue to evolve, unfold, and develop across the next few decades.Blend: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot
- Black Gift Box
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
2021:
Deep garnet in color, the 2021 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon may rank among the winery’s greatest achievements since the legendary 1958 and 1951 vintages. The wine unfolds with refined aromas of black fruits, bold berries, and a whisper of dark chocolate. On the palate, it is sublime—delivering a graceful tapestry of persistent black fruits, graphite, and finely woven oak nuances. Savor it alongside a dry-aged côte de boeuf, simply seasoned and finished with a red wine reduction. (Tasted: July 23, 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA)
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James Suckling
2021:
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.
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James Suckling
2018:
Blackberry, blackcurrant and mint with some sage and crushed-stone undertones. Full-bodied with chewy tannins that are in-check and nicely polished. Smoke, toasted oak and bark at the end, complementing the fresh yet ripe fruit. Drink after 2024.
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Wine Enthusiast
2020:
Fascinating, fresh and ripe fruit flavors fill this full-bodied, velvety-textured wine with blackberries, raspberries and cranberries. Subtle oak spices add interest from the aroma through the finish. Decant this time-tested wine if drinking soon.
Cellar Selection -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2018:
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour is a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 3% Malbec. Deep garnet-purple in color, it prances out of the glass with flamboyant scents of blackberry preserves, wild blueberries and crème de cassis, followed by hints of cigar box, Chinese five spice and pencil shavings with a waft of menthol. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a solid structure of firm grainy tannins and seamless freshness supporting the muscular black fruit, finishing long and earthy. Rating: 96+
