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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Thu, Mar 12, 2026 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: USA Red
Vintages: 1980 and earlier
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| Beaulieu Vineyard |
1974 |
Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon  Bin-Soiled Label; Wrinkled Label; Base Neck Fill |
$289 |
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VM 94 (12/2023): The 1974 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour was served blind at a restaurant in Beaune, from a vintage where California excelled. The wine is in a very beautiful place, born in a year when, in my limited experience, California could do no wrong. There is a noticeable maturation in color, with just a touch of turbidity. The bouquet instantly puts your mind at rest that you are in the company of a noble Napa Cabernet. Vestiges of red fruit, mulberry, singed leather, espresso and light terracotta aromas meld together effortlessly. You’re already in the palm of its hand before putting the glass to your lips. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine-grain tannins and brown spices intermixed with dark berry fruit and an easy-going yet persistent mocha and espresso-tinged finish. The 1974 is not a show-off. It’s just an exquisite, mature Californian Cabernet entering its dotage with panache. (Drink between 2023-2040). Neal Martin.
WA 86 (6/1995): The 1974 appeared to be fully mature by age 10. Since that time, it has revealed frightening bottle variation - ranging from young, relatively opulent, rich examples, to others that were prematurely losing their fruit and fading badly. At this tasting, it appeared to juxtapose its best and worst elements. The wine's color revealed amber at the edge, a roasted, herbal, sweet, spicy nose, loosely-knit, jammy fruit, and some hot alcohol in the finish. Readers who own the 1974 are advised to drink it up. |
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1979 |
Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon |
$129 |
3 |
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