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Ch. Beychevelle

Chateau Beychevelle 4eme Cru Classe Saint-Julien

Bordeaux

Saint-Julien

Deep garnet-purple colored. Black cherries, fresh red currants and mulberries scents slowly emerge from the glass, plus hints of wild sage and pencil lead. The light to medium-bodied palate delivers red berry and savory flavors with great tension and lightly chewy tannins, finishing with a skip in its step.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Deep ruby cherry colour, this opens with bright plum and blackberry fruits, laced with cloves, white pepper, apple blossom. St Julien signature but the acidity accentuates the tannic grip at this point. Grands Millésimes De France, 41hl/ha yield.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2023 Beychevelle represents 50% of this year's crop. Deep garnet-purple in color, it springs with vibrant notes of redcurrant jelly and blackcurrant pastilles giving way to an undercurrent of cranberries, crushed rocks, and wild thyme plus a hint of black olives. The light to medium-bodied palate is refreshing and pure, with a slight chewiness to the well-managed tannins, finishing on a savory note. The blend is 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. This is the highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in Beychevelle ever, following the new plans to include more of this variety.

Expert

Soft ruby rose in colour, fresh acidities, this is clearly a challenging vintage, well handled with gentle and fine tannic frame, raspberry and redcurrant fruits, clear tobacco leaf and smoked earth, edges of tumeric and cumin, should soften a little over the next few years, but honestly no great need to wait, this has St Julien balance and charm, and perhaps the earlier the better to make the most of those qualities, 60% new oak.

Duft av modne, sylta jordbær, mørke pene markjordbær, cassis, mint, smeltet lakris og mørk kakao. 

Fruktkonsentrasjonen her er helt ekstrem både på duft og smak.

Smak av knallrød solbær, moden mørk jordbær, og markjordbær på peak. Unge, balanserte tanniner. Pen syre. 

Smakt hos Chateau Beychevelle. 

Smakt på Nyhetslansering – Bordeaux 2019 med Christer Byklum på Hamar Vinfestival! 
En veldig elegant og vel balansert vin. Mørke bær, hint av tobakk?, strukturert med myke tanniner! 

Amatør

Bjørnebær, solbær, plomme, eik, sedertre, vanilje og en jordlig, leirete mineralitet. Veldig stor vin på alle mulige måter. Moden fruktprofil, tungt eiket og pågående alkohol. Samtidig voldsom konsentrasjon, finkornet tett og moden tanninprofil og meget god lengde. Dette er en vin som jeg er overbevist om kommer til å bli en stor vin og en av de jeg har smakt med mest potensial fra Saint-Julien i 2018. Sliter imidlertid med å komme helt i vater såpass ung, men dette blir vakkert om 10-20 år! 

WSET 2

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2023 🤩🥂🍷

Deep ruby red, with nuance and movement to the colour, signaling its St Julien finesse. This is a wonderful example of the quaity of 2016, still in primary fruit mode, although with plenty of freshness and juice, waves of crushed mint, hedgerow, blackberry and cassis fruits, tannins pretty muscular at this point. Harvest October 3 to 18, 60% new oak for ageing.

Duft av mørke markjordbær, pene merlot toner, samt de balanserte trøffel, skogbunn og sopp tonene. 

Smak av røde, sorte rips, sopp, lys sjokolade. Ekstremt grippy tanniner, med høy konsentrasjon. Lang finish. En stilriktig årgang, som trenger hvertfall 20 år til.

Smakt hos Chateau Beychevelle. 

12.09.22, bdx-m
Litt vanndig, dør fort. Dog litt bunnfall i glasset.

The 2013 Beychevelle has a medium garnet color, with a touch of brick. Notions of rosemary lamb, menthol, and tobacco waft over a core of fig paste, cherry cough syrup, and unsmoked cigars. The medium-bodied palate is a touch thin and chewy, with a refreshing backbone and an earthy finish.

Attractive fine tannins, this has savoury blue and red fruits, redcurrant and bilberry dominant, alongside mandarin peel freshness giving an attractive lift through the palate, plenty of St Julien signature if subdued right now - this is a vintage that will continue to deliver elegance over the long-term but is not about power. A dry growing season, relatively cool in summer but with little rainfall, meaning an early year with harvest September 14 to 20, 60% new oak for ageing.

This 2010 just nudges the 2009 for me in terms of future potential if you are looking to cellar over the long term. Has depth and silky tannins, layers of bitter black chocolate, tea, cocoa bean, espresso, salted cracker, rosemary, sage, anis, and aromatics of crushed roses as it opens. Great quality, a ton of complexity. 60% new oak for ageing, September 27 to October 13 for harvest.

Juicy, richly textured, plenty of depth here, rich red and black fruits, stretching out through the palate, fresh on the finish, this takes time to open and is still young in feel, not as generous as some 2009s but captures the graphite and gunsmoke of a Left Bank Cab and will keep on delivering. Harvest September 21 to 12 October, 60% new oak for ageing.

A little deeper in colour than the 2007, as befits a late-ripening vintage where they made the most of the Indian Summer. The tannins are less melted than the 2007, this still has a few years to go before fully softening, but you can certainly start drinking and enjoying today. Tobacco leaf, raspberry, brambled loganberry and cassis fruit, liqourice root, cloves, fresh acidites, some remnants of the austere tannins of the early years, but this is sliding into being a delicious wine, stretching out through the finish. Harvest September 29 to October 16, one of the later finishes in the lineup, 60% new oak.

Beautifully soft ruby colour, edges of tawny rose, and this balance and sense of welcome continues on the opening notes, campfire crackle, library, tobacco, gentle raspberry and brambled loganberry, smoked earth, a vintage that is certainly in its drinking window, will come to an end quicker than many of the more structued years, but continues to give pleasure today, and is one to look out for. Harvest September 21 to October 12, 60% new oak.

Firm ruby red in colour, tannins that are softening up but remain a little foursquare, a serious Beychevelle with layers of cassis and blackberry fruit, along with smoked earth, soy and tobacco. Getting ready to drink, the structure should elongate further over the next decade. Harvest September 20 to October 5, 60% new oak.

Still vibrant and young at 19 years old, full of charm, silky textured tannins that are well integrated but still very much cradling the fruit, with waves of cigar box, crushed rocks, earth, saffron and tobacco. Great moment to drink, 60% new oak for ageing.

At the 20 year mark, tawny ruby in colour, just beginning to soften in terms of its mouthfeel but still with plenty of tannic structure, this feels well balanced and elegant, in classic St Julien territory. Tobacco, cigar box, soy, turmeric, cumin, cassis, charming, finessed and thoroughly enjoyable style, with mouthwatering freshness on the finish. Harvest September 30 to October 16, 60% new oak.

Love the 2003 right now in the St Julien appellation, fully ready to drink, welcoming and surprisingly fresh when you think about the heat of the vintage. Full emphasis on cloves, cumin and tobacco, campfire, brambled black fruit, pomegranate and liqourice, in its drinking window and ready to please. Harvest Septrember 11 to 23, 60% new oak for ageing.

Sink into the tobacco and leather aromatics of a 22 year old Beychevelle, showcasing the easy finesse of the appellation even in a vintage that was not particularly celebrated at the time. The colour here is heading towards tawny, more evolved than some St Julien siblings you might find in the vintage, and I would place it as older if tasting blind, but that doesn't take away from the harmonious and moreish oyster shell and salted cracker minerality, and the soft melted tannins alongside wild strawberry and loganberry fruit. Charming, fine tannins, elegant. Harvest September 26 to October 10, 60% new oak.

A wonderful pairing to the 2000 vintage, and a great example of St Julien finesse and welcome. Perhaps a little less depth than the 2000 at this point, after a strong decade where the 2001 was the dominant vintage of the pair, it is beginning to be overtaken in terms of structure and fruit delivery but this remains an utterly charming wine (and a great teaching pair for how vintages are about choosing when to drink rather than just a simple which one is best). Tobacco, smoked caramel, rose petals, raspberries, fine tannins, cocoa dusting, cold ash, ready to drink but will continue to age. Harvest September 1 to October 14, 60% new oak.

Intensity and depth, this shows just how well built the 2000 vintage was in its youth, and how slowly it has come around. Now at the point where the tannins are starting to melt into the structure but still very much cradling the fruit. Cigar box and tobacco leaf, grilled coffee beans and mandarin peel, plenty of blackberry and bilberry fruits, great quality, full of St Julien finesse, ready to drink but with decades ahead, love this, and it's an upscore from my last tasting as it comes into its drinking window. Harvest September 22 to October 10, 60% new oak, 53hl/h yield.

Ripe red fruits, good lift and concentration even at close to 30 years old. Cigar box, black tea, soy, smoked earth, mushroom, campfire and black truffle, great quality if a little less mouthwatering than the 1986, more angular at this point with plenty of life ahead of it. An excellent vintage in the Médoc that is coming into its own at the moment. Philippe Blanc's first year at Beychevelle.

Storming wine, still generous and full of pleasure, a reminder of just how good Beychevelle has been in the past, and why it's such a joy to see how far it return to form over the past decade. I last had this two years ago, and it hasn't budged one bit - still full of smoked earth, truffles, rose petal and peony floral aromatics, tobacco and undergrowth, softly spun tannins and an unhurried desire to please, still fresh and treading lightly through the palate. Maurice Ruelle winemaker. There is bottle variation in this vintage, but we were lucky with this beautiful example, as I was last time, giving me confidence to put a high score against it.

Transparent ruby with brick rim. Exotic nose with spice, leather, cedar wood, figs and dates. Fresh acidity. Leather, tobacco, dried plum, figs and minerals. Very delicate style. Long.

What can I say. You just have to love a mature Bordeaux?

Fyllnivå under skulder, veldig dårlig kork. Jeg var redd denne vinen skulle være en skuffelse, men det var den heldigvis ikke! Etter 15min åpnet den seg opp og viste plommer, sviske og søtlige bær samt sigarboks og tobakk. Etter 30min kommer det mer frukt frem og den åpner seg mer opp, veldig ren og elegant med kirsebær og tranebær. Silkemyke tanniner. Vinen har en renhet og jordlighet som minner om rosebusker. Etter over 3t holdte den seg fortsatt bra med livlig frukt på nesen. 94p

Nydelig og ekspressiv på duft, modne blå plommer, underskog, svart te og nesten et lite touch sjokolade. 

På smak er det en maktdemonstrasjon i høy konsentrasjon, men samtidig en luftig og kremete munnfølelse. Jernhånd i silkehansker. Fortsatt veldig ungdommelig og primær, mørk og moden frukt mot blå plommer, saftig frukt, medium pluss syre og perfekt modne tanniner. En ultimat smoothie. 

82 Beychevelle litt senere var svært ung, men imponerte nesten like mye. Ytterligere 10-20 år trengs på den flasken vi smakte for å komme opp mot nivået til 61.

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Beychevelle
Vintages	2024
Country	France, Bordeaux, Saint-Julien
Bottle	75 cl

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