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NEW! 2022 Beaulieu Vineyard Reserve Beautour Red Blend
$75.00
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$75.00
$900.00
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Tasting Notes
A brilliant ruby hue, this elegantly structured Bordeaux-style blend reflects the multi-faceted beauty of Napa Valley fruit. Cherry, cassis, and black licorice aromas rise from the glass with the warmth of a sandalwood element and come to life on the palate with dark chocolate-covered blueberry, boysenberry, and ripe plum juiciness, buoyed by an undercurrent of white tea freshness. Bright and upbeat, this medium-bodied, richly textured red blend expresses a satisfying, sweet and peppery, gingerbread spice character on its finish. Eminently approachable now, it can be aged 5 to 7 years.Technical Information
| Varietal | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Volume | 750mL |
| Appellation | Napa Valley |
| Blend | Cabernet Sauvignon blended with 24% Cabernet Franc, 15% Merlot, and 14% Petit Verdot |
| Oak Treatment | 18 months in French oak (65% new) |
| Alcohol % | 15.3% |
| Enclosure Type | Cork |
| pH | 3.56 |
Winemaking
The grapes for this red wine blend benefited from our state-of-the-art optical sorter technology, which scrutinizes every berry to obtain the highest quality fruit. We fermented the must in stainless steel tanks until dry. Gentle pump-overs during fermentation extracted flavor, deep color, and tannins from the skins. We then pressed and transferred all the wines into small oak barrels coopered with French oak to develop and integrate flavors over the next 18 months.Vintage
The winter of 2022 was warm and dry, with rain and cooler weather passing through only toward the end of March. The mild spring gave an early start to growing season, while the summer surprised us with cool mornings and warmer afternoons. As a result, the harvest yielded small berries with concentrated flavors and remarkable acidity, from which wines of exceptional balance and taste were derived.Vineyard
The fanciful name Beautour means “beautiful journey,” harkening back to our founder Georges de Latour’s fateful first visit to Napa Valley. This Reserve, Bordeaux-style red blend sourced fruit from Napa’s premier mountain and valley-floor vineyards and captures the breadth of this region’s scenic and celebrated terroir. It features Cabernet Sauvignon from Hewitt Vineyard in Rutherford, Cabernet Franc from Steinhauer Ranch on Howell Mountain, as well as Merlot and Petit Verdot from a premier vineyard location in Yountville. The result is a balance of structure and elegance from the steep mountain sites, and a rich plush mouthfeel from the valley fruit.