Event

Each Thursday we open just one bottle of exceptional wine.

One that not only do we think is excellent, but that has received critical plaudits as well.

Usually rated in the 90's, we discount it by 20 - 40%.

A great wine at a great value.

It's what we do to be certain

Every day is a Special Occasion at The Wine Cabinet!!

Open Bottle Thursday!

June 19th, 2014
4:00 - 8:00PM
Featuring:
 
Beaulieu Vineyard

 Reserve Tapestry

Bordeaux Blend

Napa Valley

2010

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,  Cabernet Franc,

 Petit Verdot,  Malbec

 For more than 100 years, Beaulieu Vineyard has set the benchmark for rich, classic Napa Valley wines.

90 Points Wine Spectator

90 Points The Wine Advocate

"Glides along, offering an alluring mix of dense, dark blueberry, melted black licorice, grippy loamy earth and tannins that give the flavors traction. Impressive on the finish. This will appeal to those who like to chew on their reds. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Drink now through 2022. "

JL Wine Spectator

"The deep ruby/purple-tinged 2010 Tapestry Reserve, a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, is earthy and spicy displaying hints of herbs, underbrush, sweet black currants and oak in the background. It is a medium-bodied, elegant 2010 to drink over the next 10-12 years. 

RP

The Wine Advocate

 I had the pleasure of having dinner with the winemaker Jeffrey Stambor a few years back as I have both the 92 and 95 vintages (children’s birth years) in my cellar and was quite impressed by his knowledge and passion for this wine.

Do not miss this tasting!

Sells for $65 at the winery

Our regular price $56.99,

Special Private Sale Price Tonight

Only $36.00 a bottle

and if you buy 6 or more bottles the price

drops to $32.50

Over 40% off!

Click here to Order

Tasting Notes:

Tapestry displays the art of blending varietals and vineyard locations to create a wine that combines layer upon layer of flavors and excellent depth with graceful tannin structure. Deep, briary blackberry and cassis character comes from the wine’s core of Cabernet Sauvignon. Black-cherry notes and a plush midpalate texture reveal a generous blending of Merlot, while Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec add violet, forest loam and graphite notes, as well as deep saturated color and rich texture.

Only a few cases available at this price!

first come first served.

Don’t want to miss the sale?

Can’t make it Thursday?

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The Story of Beaulieu Vineyard

 "Beau lieu" - A Beautiful Story about a Beautiful Place

 In 1900, when Georges de Latour's wife, Fernande, first laid eyes on the land that would become their original Rutherford vineyard, she named it "beau lieu," or "beautiful place." Shortly thereafter, de Latour sold his thriving cream of tartar business, bought the four-acre ranch and founded Beaulieu Vineyard with the vision of making Napa Valley wines that would rival those of his native France.

De Latour quickly made a name for himself by importing Phylloxera-resistant rootstock from Europe to the recently-ravaged fledgling California wine industry. He also began selling wine to the Catholic Church, establishing a strong relationship that would allow Beaulieu Vineyard to become the only Napa Valley winery to remain in business during Prohibition.

 In fact, during Prohibition the winery increased its business. After the repeal in 1933, de Latour began searching for someone who could contribute European winemaking expertise. In 1938, he traveled to France and returned with André Tchelistcheff, famed viticulturist and enologist who instituted the philosophy of continuous innovation in vineyard and winery to which we remain dedicated today. Tchelistcheff introduced cold fermentation for white wines, malolactic fermentation for reds and aging red wines in small, French oak barrels. He also tasted the de Latour family's private wine-what they called "Private Reserve"-from the 1936 vintage. This Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine was so distinctive that Tchelistcheff insisted it be bottled and sold as the winery's flagship offering. The result was the inaugural release of Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine that was destined to become Napa Valley's first "cult" Cabernet.

 Today we continue to turn to innovative practices to craft wines in our bold, classic style. We have become a leader in clonal research, and our BV Clone Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon wines are highly acclaimed. Most recently we completed a new state-of-the-art winery within one of our original buildings. The Georges de Latour Private Reserve Winery utilizes the latest technology in combination with time-honored traditions for the production of this exceptional, wine-the longtime benchmark of Rutherford Cabernet.