2019 Beta Cabernet Sauvignon Lupina

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 94 points

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  5/6/2024 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Redcurrant, cigar box, med body, med + acidity, fine drying tannin, classic

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  5/5/2024 - ledocq Likes this wine:

  Excellent analyses of the flavor profile in both notes below. For myself, I wish I hadn't leaned into the "it's accessible!" thing - I mean, sure, you can drink it. But even after a 3-4 hour decant, it doesn't yet show why we are so insane about these wines. The aroma and taste improved with every moment after 4 hours, so maybe a 6-8 hour decant makes more sense if you're going to pop one. I enjoyed and regretted every sip.

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  5/2/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Based on the other review I decided to give this one a try, even though I know these Beta’s are for the long haul. The accessibility of the 2019 vintage showed through with this one and it is excellent now although obviously nowhere near peak. I would still say this is a wine for the long haul. I gave this a 3 hour decant, drank over the next 3 with some left to try in the coming days.
  So impressive, the nose is intense and jumps out as soon as you open the bottle. The fascinating thing about this wine is the almost classic Napa nose with almost an old world style Bordeaux palate. Truly the best of both worlds. I say almost classic on the nose because in addition to the ripe Napa fruit there is a floral perfumed note that is unique. On the palate the fruit is more restrained (in a good way) and there are many layers of complexity including various green notes. Not unripe green and not overly pyrazine but some green pepper and also some garrigue.
  This note feels a bit rambling but let me just sum it up by saying there is a lot going on here.

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  4/29/2024 - Tubulus wrote:

  Folks who visited seemed to think this was the most wide open of the 2019s, so I figured I'd give it a go. Well, they were correct, and this wine is really lovely and wide open at this juncture. There is a plenty of tannic backbone so I would have no issue aging for 5-10 years, but drinking really nicely now. It has much less green than the last few Betas I've had (admittedly all much older releases...have put most into deep storage), with nice medium weight fruit, good but not overwhelming acidity, no notable alcohol. Really just a delicious wine.

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