Severn Goodwin

9.6

1970 | Cabernet Sauvignon
Beaulieu Vineyard; Georges de Latour Private Reserve
Napa Valley; California, USA
(95-97; Drink 2025-40+)
3h decant

Nose has ripe cherry, cedar++, charcoal, grilled black cherry, faint olive and over-ripe blackberry.
Palate has dried cherry/blackberry, tobacco, strawberry, vanilla, dried mint, leather with medium+ tannins and plenty of acidity to hold for decades.

Epic, even besting the 1968 & 1995 for my palate!

Happy Father's Day 2024 to all. — 15 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.4

This showed beautifully. No hints of green here. — 11 days ago

Stephanie Abma L'Her

9.1

Velvety, blackberry notes — 2 months ago

Miles Perry

9.5

An amazing wine. Rich with lots of depth of dark berry flavors. — 16 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Fully mature. Somewhat light in color. Elegant and refined. — 11 days ago

Rich Bluth

9.2

wonderful wine. thx. Steve!!! — a month ago

Mario Martínez Colino

9.0

8,32€ excelente RCP — 2 months ago

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9.5

The 2014 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru puts in a convincing performance. With brambly red berry fruit on the nose, the coolness of the growing season allows the mineralité of this to really shine, with time in the glass revealing hints of autumn bonfire/fireside hearth. The palate is beautifully structured. It's saline with darker fruit than the aromatics. Quite linear and what you might call "vertical" in style, this is a superb expression of the Grand Cru that still needs a bit of time in bottle. (Neal Martin, Vinous, June 2024)
— 5 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

Excellent, but somewhat outclassed by what was yet to come. — 11 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Just stupendous for $20-$25 on release. Bought this 6-8 weeks ago on the secondary market for $49.

Happy Birthday Angela. — a month ago