Beaulieu Vineyard Tapestry Red

Georges de Latour purchased the first parcels of what would become BV Ranch No. 1 in 1903–1904, and the winemaking philosophy codified by André Tchelistcheff from 1938 — cold fermentation, malolactic in barrel, small French oak — remains the technical backbone of every Beaulieu red to this day. The Tapestry is the estate's Bordeaux-style blend, drawing from Rutherford Bench vineyards where alluvial fan deposits shed from the Mayacamas Mountains deliver a diverse matrix of gravel, sand, and loam that forces deep root penetration and concentrates flavour into small, thick-skinned berries. That same gravelly substrate is the geological source of the so-called 'Rutherford Dust' — a fine, cocoa-powder tannin texture that distinguishes western Rutherford Bench fruit from any other Napa sub-appellation. Winemaking follows the estate's multi-vessel protocol: lots are fermented across stainless steel, French oak tanks, and 60-gallon new French oak barrels, with malolactic fermentation conducted in barrel for seamless texture integration. As a multi-varietal blend rather than a single-variety bottling, Tapestry allows the cellar team to incorporate Bordeaux varieties beyond Cabernet Sauvignon — Petit Verdot and Malbec contribute inky depth and violet lift that the estate's pure Cabernet expressions deliberately exclude. The 2015 Napa Valley growing season delivered even ripening and structured tannins well-suited to medium-term cellaring.