He is only the fourth director of winemaking in Beaulieu Vineyard’s history, and the third to craft Georges de Latour Private Reserve over the 77-year history of that iconic wine following Andre Tchelistcheff, the original winemaker, and his immediate predecessor, Joel Aiken. As the current director of winemaking, he leads production of the winery’s world-renowned Georges de Latour Cabernet Sauvignon, and presided over the harvest and vinification of 2013 Rarity – the extremely limited release Cabernet Sauvignon blend. VINEYARDS & VINIFICATION Facing: South west Soil types: Glenrosa / Red slate Age of vines: 16 years, Cederberg ward Vineyard area: 1.5 ha Yield per hectare: 5 t/ha Trellised: Extended Perold Irrigation: Supplementary Clone: CS 46 on Richter 99 Harvest date: 11 March 8 April 2014 Degree balling at harvest: 25.0☋ Vinification: Cold soak for 3 days before inoculation with selected yeast. Jeffrey Stambor joined the Beaulieu Vineyard winemaking team in 1989 as a viticulturist/enologist. Because of the uniqueness of the expression of this clonal selection of Cabernet Sauvignon, we treat this wine as a special lot or single vineyard wine. Upon completion of primary fermentation, we pressed and transferred the wine to new French oak barrels for in-barrel malolactic fermentation and aging. Cold soaking of the must and gentle punch-downs in open-top fermenters mixed the flavor-rich skins with the juice. At our state-of-the-art winery, dedicated exclusively to the production of our Reserve wines, we hand sorted the destemmed berries of this clone to retain only the highest quality fruit.

Clone 5 cabernet 2014