Georges De Latour Private Reserve 2017

✦ The Landscape & Terroir
The wine comes from Napa Valley, where warm California sun is balanced by cool evenings and vineyard breezes. The result is ripe fruit with structure rather than heaviness. In Napa Valley, California, USA, well-drained alluvial Napa soils give the wine its frame, depth and sense of place.

✦ The Wine & Varieties
2017 Beaulieu Vineyard BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is made from Cabernet Sauvignon. For Hong Kong collectors new to European fine wine, this is a way to understand place through structure: fruit gives pleasure, but terroir gives the wine its shape and memory.

✦ Winemaking Philosophy
The wine reflects historic Rutherford estate viticulture. The cellar work is not about making the loudest wine, but about preserving proportion, texture and the identity of the vineyard. Ageing: French oak ageing.

✦ Taste Profile
Expect citrus, white peach, fine herbs and a polished texture, with freshness carrying the finish. It is a wine to serve with care, open with time and enjoy as it moves from fruit toward detail.

✦ Why It Matters
2017 Beaulieu Vineyard BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon matters because it carries classic Napa Cabernet with depth and polish. It belongs in a cellar not only as a luxury bottle, but as a reference point for how origin, vintage and human judgement can meet in one glass.

✦ Key Facts
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Napa Valley, California, USA
Soil: well-drained alluvial Napa soils
Farming method: historic Rutherford estate viticulture
Ageing: French oak ageing
Serving temperature: 16–18°C
Ageing potential: 15–30 years