2017 Georges de Latour - Cabernet Private Reserve

Ripe and lush in feel, with a wave of creamed plum, warmed cassis and melted red licorice notes mixed together, while a flicker of sassafras lines the brambly finish, adding some range. Drink now through 2026. 6,974 cases made.

- JM (2020)

Composed of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour was aged for 22 months in French oak, 95% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, the nose is open and ready for business, featuring notions of redcurrant jelly, black raspberries, boysenberries and spice cake with touches of red roses, camphor, dark chocolate and new leather. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers bags of fragrant red and black fruit preserves, framed by plush tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing long and perfumed. This is a very pretty expression of this vintage, which is drinking beautifully now and yet should cellar for a good 20 years or more. 6,974 cases were made.

- Lisa Perrotti-Brown (2020)