Château La Roche Beaulieu

Beaulieu Vineyard

Private Reserve Georges de Latour Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 1973

1973 vintage. Okay fill. Opened with a Durand. Cork 80% saturated. Musty, hot, slightly “raisined” nose. Light medium body. Drank more like a Burgundy at this stage of life. Amplifying savory aspects currently. Definitely instructive and an absolute blast to hit the FLB (Friday Lunch Bunch) with. These formative, ancient Napa Cabs always so revealing, primal and archival. The 1973 cork a little longer than those short stuff 1968 and 1969 ones. 6.12.26. — 17 days ago

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Doug Powers

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Awesome!! But you earlier had a 2022 Cayron Gigondas — comparatively, that’s infanticide on the Cayron!! 🙄

Louis Latour

La Grande Roche Montagny 1er Cru Chardonnay

Well balanced wine, deep and rich taste — 3 months ago

Beaulieu Vineyard

Clone 6 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Bought at BV 10/25 $133. Ombre if the best Cabernets we've ever had. Bold, rich, smooth. — 7 months ago

Beaulieu Vineyard

Coastal Estates California Pinot Noir 2018

Very drinkable with a mild flavor. Pairs very well with salad since it is not overpowering — 6 years ago

Beaulieu Vineyard

Coastal Estates California Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Great wine for a good cause.. Nice blackberry after notes. — 6 years ago

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Maison Roche de Bellene

Vieilles Vignes Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2017

Yummy, smooth, goes with a variety of foods. Love this! — 7 years ago

Pierre Brisset

Sous Roche Dumay Saint Aubin 1er Cru Chardonnay 2024

Lyle Fass
9.9

Gorgeous and elegant, with finesse, classic white Burgundy acidity, mineral sapidity, and real purity. Beautiful wine. — 12 days ago

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Jay Kline

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I can hardly wait to try the 2024’s
Lyle Fass

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@Jay Kline as good as 21 but slightly different. Abbaye, Echezeaux are tops for red and white, but NSG/VR and Aubin are right there. Insane collection.

Domaine Leroy

Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1998

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Beaulieu Vineyard

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

This wine has so much potential! 2021 is a great vintage for this region! This wine presents with plenty of smoke! Anything else is muted! I would love to taste this in another 5 years.⁰ — 4 months ago

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Domaine Ponsot

Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2022

Somm David T
9.2

This is like wine candy and not in the way I normally refer to wine candy. In this case, fruity but a bit too sweet. This tastes like a higher brix pick than I prefer w/ my red burgundy. The sweetness does fade some after it long sets.

Black cherries, strawberries, raspberries with some blue fruit. Eucalyptus, a pungent herbaceous quality, dry top soil, dry limestone powder, fresh & used tobacco, dry leather, dry twig, pronounced barrel shavings, soft baking spices- strong clove, understated cinnamon, nutmeg & vanillin, some grilled meats, pepper, mid berry cola, dry river stone, nice red, dark, blue florals with violets, excellent acidity and a well knitted structure-tension, needs more time to be well balanced but elegant & polished long finish that lasts minutes and long sets on dry earth minerals & spice.

Maybe, better with a good long cellaring?
— 7 months ago

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Well…a couple of things: 1) 2022 was a solar year and all about the fruit and 2) holy smokes that’s young for Clos de la Roche!
Somm David T

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I have vintages of this that are 8 and 10 yrs in bottle that I haven’t considered opening. It was strangely much sweeter than I prefer. Not by a little bit, but a lot.

Domaine Armand Rousseau

Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2006

Medium light ruby , quite wide light ruby rim . On the nose shows good complexity with sous bois , truffle , cherry and raspberry. On the palate this is again more tertiary in character , with those cherry fruits complementing the earthy sous bois notes . With time this shows a mineral , stony undertow , but stays fresh and vital , with those cherry and raspberry notes . Very fine , ripe but grippy tannins . Fresh acidity and good balance , good velvety mouthfeel . This is great now though improves with time in the glass , so there is absolutely no rush here , from now and over the next 10 years perhaps. An excellent showing for this challenging year . At Auberge de l’ill, Illhaeusen. — 23 days ago

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Domaine Dujac

Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1988

Acker auction @ marea — 2 months ago

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Domaine Hubert Lignier

Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir

Timothy Eustis
9.0

This 1998 from magnum aged gracefully but reflects the hardness of the vintage. Still, it was enjoyable. — 5 years ago

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Belle Roche

Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Nice and fruity. Medium body with a short finish. Get good notes of fruit and some pepper on the nose — 6 years ago