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2016 Beaulieu Vineyard "Tapestry Reserve" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend (Elsewhere $50+)

SKU #1516062 93 points James Suckling

Outer quote mark A tight and deep wine with a beautiful center palate of currants, berries, and silky tannins. Rich and opulent, yet fresh. Lightly chewy with a caressing texture. Inner quote mark (2/2020)

91 points Wine Enthusiast

Outer quote mark This blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 4% Malbec, 4% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc is thick and leathery in style. It has full-bodied richness in flavors of dark chocolate and blackberry that work well alongside firm tannins and integrated oak. *Cellar Selection* (VB) Inner quote mark (9/2020)

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2016 Beaulieu Vineyard "Tapestry Reserve" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend

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By: Ryan Woodhouse | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 11/30/2021 | Send Email

BV's Tapestry Reserve is one of the best deals in modern day Napa. Sourced from exceptional vineyards throughout Rutherford and beyond, this wine brings you BV's pedigree and excellence for a super competitive $50 price point...when you take another $10 per bottle off that, with our best-in-market price, this is an absolute steal. A true Bordeaux style blend, driven by Rutherford Bench grown Cabernet Sauvignon, supported by smaller lots of Merlot, Cab Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot from Stags Leap, Coombsville, Atlas Peak and St. Helena. As the winery writes "The 2016 Tapestry is a powerful expression of the dream vintage." This has a bit of everything; deep dusty red to black fruit, plum, cassis, redcurrant. Brooding loamy earth tones, dry tobacco, cigar box, and leather. Full bodied and richly fruited, but not jammy or confected, very classic in style, paying homage to its Bordeaux roots with the perfect Napa Valley amplification of the fruit profile. This wine really shows the benefits of artfully blending Cabernet Sauvignon with it's traditional companions, the wine is beautifully layered, balanced and complete. Wines like this from the exceptional 2016 vintage are just hitting their stride with 5 years of age already under their belt, and will continue to provide prime drinking for another 10-15 years, likely more. This is a wonderfully crafted Napa Valley Cab blend that beautifully illustrates the quality of the vintage and expertise of the winemaking team for a surprisingly modest price point.

Drink from 2021 to 2035

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Varietal:

Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

- Cabernet Sauvignon has come a long way from its role as a blending varietal, however dominant, in the wines of Bordeaux. Today it is the most planted red varietal in the world. Identified as a descendent of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon needs to be planted in warmer climates to fully ripen. Its small berries can easily be identified for their distinctive blue color, thick skins and high tannins. And while the varietal has its own definitive characteristics: green pepper-like aromas and black currant flavors among them, it is perhaps most prized for its ability to convey terroir, vintage and winemaking. A relatively new varietal, Cabernet Sauvignon started making inroads into the wines of the Médoc and Graves in the late-18th century. Today it is also dominant in the up-and-coming Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux and can also be found in Southwest France. It is the companion varietal to Sangiovese in Italy's Super Tuscans and is planted all over Europe, stretching to lesser-known winegrowing regions like Russia and Lebanon. In the Americas Cabernet Sauvignon has found champions in every nook and cranny of California and among winemakers in Washington, where it complements plantings of Merlot. In South America, Cab thrives in Chile, but can also be found in smaller amounts in Argentina and even in Mexico.

Country:

United States

- When people consider domestic wine, they normally think about the state of California. The fine viticultural Region within California, including the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Cruz Mountains, Mendocino and Santa Barbara, are capable of growing grapes of world-class quality. But there's plenty of fabulous wine coming from other states, too. Oregon, Washington and New York are also causing eyebrows (and glassware) to be raised around the world.

Sub-Region:

California

- With the explosive growth that California's wine industry has seen the past several years, it's easy to view winemaking and grape growing in the Golden State as a recent phenomenon. And while it's true that California's viticultural history is brief compared to several European countries, this state's roots date back well over 200 years. Due to the enormous response to California wine within the United States and worldwide, there are thousands of excellent and diverse wines being produced within the state each year.

Specific Appellation:

Napa Valley

- America's most famous wine region, which encompasses a varied geographical territory running about 20 miles long from the San Francisco Bay northward to the foot of Mount St. Helena. Napa's great diversity, both in terms of climate and terroir, has led to the creation of a number of smaller AVAs like Stags Leap District, Rutherford, Howell Mountain, Oakville and Mount Veeder, among others. Cabernet and chardonnay still reign supreme, but just about everything under the sun is grown in Napa Valley, in quality levels ranging from $2 jug wine to $500 a bottle California cab.