2012 Beaulieu Vineyard Tapestry Reserve
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The 2012 Reserve Tapestry, BV's Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend, is pliant and supple in style, with an extra kick of mid-palate juiciness from the Merlot and Malbec in the blend. Sweet red cherries, mocha, spices and new leather open up as the wine shows off its considerable energy. Like all of the 2012s here, the Tapestry is voluptuous, racy and very friendly. Drink this tasty Napa Valley red over the next handful of years. (AG)
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Robert Parker
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The impressive 2012 Reserve Tapestry, a blend of Bordeaux varietals, is more elegant and slightly less intense than the Private Reserve. It offers up sweet black cherry fruit notes intermixed with licorice, spice box and dusty, loamy soil undertones. Medium to full-bodied and deep with loads of ripe fruit, low acidity and sweet, velvety tannins, it can be enjoyed over the next decade.
About the producer
Beaulieu Vineyard remains one of the most historically important wineries in Napa Valley. It is it one of the longest continuous running wineries in the region, as one of the few that kept operating throughout Prohibition.