2015 GEORGES DE LATOUR PRIVATE RESERVE NAPA VALLEY

Beaulieu Reserve wines are handcrafted from the finest grapes of the vintage, focusing on our premier estates in Rutherford, Carneros and other Napa Valley appellations. For more than 100 years, Beaulieu Vineyard has set the benchmark for rich, classic Napa Valley wines. Our legacy honors the marriage between state-of-the-art technology and gentle, traditional winemaking methods, a combination that enhances the expression of our remarkable vineyard terroir. Our Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has been widely recognized as the benchmark Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford since its inaugural vintage in 1936. Our understanding of terroir comes from more than 100 years of creating rich, classic Napa Valley wines. Our legacy honors the marriage between state-of-the-art technology and gentle, traditional winemaking methods, a combination that enhances the expression of our remarkable . TASTING NOTES The 2015 vintage influenced our signature Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon by crafting a wine small in yield, but mighty in concentration, depth and elegance. The bouquet shows beautiful freshness with a cascade of red and dark berry fruit notes followed by hints of rose petal and violet. Rich, with a full-bodied structure on the palate, the wine is complex and expressive, revealing layers of blackcurrant, bright raspberry, dark cherry and cassis, followed by hints of cedar, cinnamon, clove and mocha. Plush tannins support the expansive palate, while impeccably balanced acidity adds vibrancy and freshness. Well integrated notes of vanilla and toasted oak spices - from aging in new French oak barrels - heighten the aromas and linger on the finish. To enjoy this wine at its full potential, we recommend at least five years of bottle aging; however if you can’t wait, decant before serving. VINTAGE A mild winter across California lead to early bud break in 2015 but limited rain and moderate temperatures throughout the growing season caused the overall length of the season to be consistent with years past. The yields in 2015 were slightly lower than the previous year, which SOURCING lead to exceptional quality, resulting in a Cabernet with tremendous concentration of flavors, Rutherford, Napa Valley highly saturated color, and layers of complexity. VINEYARD COMPOSITION We hand selected grapes from the finest Cabernet Sauvignon vines on the western bench of the 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% , 3% Rutherford AVA in our iconic BV Ranches No. 1 and No. 2, originally planted by Georges de Latour Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec in the early 1900s. We focused on clonal selections (6, 4, 169, 5197 and 7), which yield small berries VINIFICATION with high skin-to-juice ratio needed to make intense, long-lived wines. The fruit was handpicked and Aged 22 months in French oak (90% new) optically sorted once it arrived to ensure the highest quality selection. These chosen vines are deeply rooted in the well-draining alluvial fan soils of Rutherford, considered one of the finest regions of ANALYSIS Napa Valley for Cabernet Sauvignon. Alc: 15.0% TA: 6.1 g/L pH: 3.629 WINEMAKING AGEABILITY At our state-of-the-art winery, dedicated exclusively to the crafting of the Georges de Latour 2018-2028 Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine is fermented in a combination of 55% new French oak barrels which provides early integration of fruit and oak character into the blend and enhances the dense, rich texture. The balance of the must was fermented in stainless steel and upright wood fermenters which preserves the freshness of the fruit. Following judicious extended skin contact and in-barrel malolactic fermentation, the wine was pressed and returned to barrels for aging. A small amount of Petit Verdot and Merlot was blended with the Cabernet Sauvignon to further enhance the wine’s aroma and flavor profile.

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