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BEAULIEU VINEYARD NAPA VALLEY TAPESTRY RESERVE 2018
Monday, July 5, 2021
Country: United States
Region: California
Vintage: 2018
Score: 94
This is layered, with chewy tannins and attractive blackcurrant and blackberry character. Chocolate and walnut highlights. Full and flavorful, but not heavy in any sense of the word. [...] Better in a year or two.
2018 Red Wine Tapestry Reserve
Producer: Beaulieu Vineyard
Place of Origin: United States, Napa
Color: Red
Grape/Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec, 1% Cabernet Franc
Rating: 93
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2033
From: Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s and 2019s, Parts 1 and 2 (Jan 2021)
The 2018 Red Wine Tapestry Reserve, BV's Cabernet Sauvignon-based red, is another gorgeous wine in this range. Inky red/purplish fruit, rose petal, spice, blood orange and leather race out of the glass, lifted by attractive floral notes that continue to open with time in the glass.
By: Antonio Galloni on February 2021
Beaulieu Vineyard Tapestry Reserve Napa Valley 2018
Score: 92
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Reviewed by: James Molesworth
Drinkability: Drink now through 2030
Primary Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Other Grapes: Petit Verdot, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc
Issue: March 31, 2022
Region: California / Napa / Napa Valley
This delivers a pure beam of cassis, plum puree and anise notes, offering a flash of sweet spice on the finish. Moderately toasty, with a very polished mouthfeel. Crowd pleaser. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2030.
Beaulieu 2018 Napa Valley Tapestry Reserve Red Wine
Rating: 92
Trevor Durling blends this wine from five Bordeaux varieties, focused on parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot on the Rutherford benchlands, with contributions including Coombsville and Carneros. He takes a detour to Howell Mountain for Cabernet Franc before returning to Beaulieu’s estate vineyards in Rutherford for Petit Verdot and Malbec. It comes together in a savory wine with delicate flavor complexity and gentle Rutherford grandeur. There’s something a little salty and sweaty in it that brings to mind cilantro, pointing the wine toward carne asada with salsa fresca. -J.G.
(12/21)
Beaulieu Vineyard 2018 Tapestry Red (Napa Valley)
From: Napa Valley, Napa, California, US
Rating: 92
Winery: Beaulieu Vineyard
Region: Napa
Alcohol: 14.7%
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Wine Type: Red
Issue Date: 11/1/2021
This is a blend of all five major Bordeaux red varieties, leading with 78% Cabernet Sauvignon. Licorice, toasted oak and black plum and berry wrap around intense structure and rounded richness, finishing in tobacco and plum.
Reviewed By: Virginie Boone
2018 Beaulieu Vineyard Reserve Tapestry Proprietary Red Wine
Rating: 91
Producer: Beaulieu Vineyard
Wine Region: USA, California, North Coast, Napa Valley
Variety: Proprietary blend
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Drink Date: 2022 - 2035
The 2018 Reserve Tapestry Proprietary Red Wine is blended of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 5% Malbec and 1% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it bursts with open-knit notes of black cherry preserves, warm cassis and redcurrants, plus hints of forest floor, clove oil and Ceylon tea, with a waft of wild sage. The full-bodied palate has a soft texture of ripe, fine-grained tannins and lovely freshness, finishing savory.
Published: Nov 30, 2021
2018 Beaulieu Vineyard Red Blend Tapestry
Producer: Beaulieu Vineyard
Location: USA, California, North Coast, Napa Valley, [...]
Color: Red
Rating: 90+
Tasting Date: 5/4/2022
Maturity: 2022 - 2033
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: Napa Valley’s 2019s: Part 3
The 2018 Red Blend Tapestry is a perennial good value and has up-front darker currant and plum fruits as well as notes of tobacco, chocolate, and spicy oak. Medium-bodied, firm, and focused on the palate, it shows the style of the vintage nicely and should keep for upwards of a decade.