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    73
  • Producer ranking ?

    1
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2040
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled Sirloin with Red-Wine Braised Shallots

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The Story

Inspiration for our Beaulieu Vineyard Rarities collection came from a special wine that legendary winemaking Andre Tchelistcheff first crafted in 1968 to show the distinctive, opulent expression of an extraordinarily high-quality vintage. Only three times since has a wine received such an honor at Beaulieu Vineyard, and the 2013 vintage revealed that time has come again.
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Wine Information

The Beaulieu Vineyard 2013 Rarity delivers massive power and weight, yet with uncommon elegance and suppleness. The wine's profuse aromas of blackberry, cassis, dark chocolate and violet are mirrored by the opulent flavors that explode on the palate. Seamlessly integrated vanilla and oak spice nuances, from barrel fermentation and aging in entirely new barrels, add even more complexity to the layered Cabernet Sauvignon expression. Rutherford D...

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Vintage 2013

While Napa Valley winemakers heralded the 2012 vintage as outstanding, the 2013 vintage was a magnificent! The unusually warm, dry winter promoted early budbreak, which gave the vines an early start to the 2013 growing season. Ideal conditions prevailed through flowering, fruit set and ripening, with the low rainfall keeping the grapes desirably small. While harvest was early, the bloom-to-harvest span was not compressed; thus, the Cabernet Sa...

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Origin

Rutherford, Napa Valley

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The 2013 Rarity was chosen from the best of the best€ barrel-lots of wine from the outstanding vintage. Through a highly selective process, we narrowed the components for the Rarity blend to represent predominantly old vines in four vineyards: BV Ranch No. 1 and No. 2; our Hewitt Estate Vineyard; and a neighboring small vineyard at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains. The vines, with the majority planted in the 1980s, were grafted to clones that yield small, intensely flavored grapes. All four vineyards are deeply rooted in well-draining, alluvial fan soils on the western bench-lands of Napa Valley's Rutherford AVA.

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