Chateau Beychevelle Grand Cru Classe

Since its origins and through the different vintages, Château Beychevelle reflects all the elegance and finesse of the great terroirs of Saint-Julien. Graceful, complex and with a great aromatic richness, Château Beychevelle comes from the best plots of the vineyard and from a rigorous selection. It will reveal itself after around ten years and can be kept for several decades depending on the vintage.

Winery: Chateau Beychevelle
Appellation: Bordeaux, Saint-Julien
Average age of vines: 30 years old
Farming Methods: Organic
Maturation: 18 months in French oak barrels, of which 50% new oak
Soil: Unique terroir of Garonne gravel and a clay-gravel subsoil
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Vineyard Orientation: N/A
Vineyard Size: 250 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Chateau Beychevelle Grand Cru Classe 2023	93-94 Wine Advocate The 2023 Beychevelle has turned out especially well this year, exhibiting a more integrated, seductive style than recent vintages that were constructed in a punchier, more extracted register. Offering up aromas of cassis and plums mingled with notions of pen ink, violets and pencil shavings, it’s medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a deep core of fruit and a classy, suave profile that foregrounds the estate’s prime vineyard holdings on the plateau around Ducru-Beaucaillou. It’s a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot that represents 50% of the estate’s production. 94-95 James Suckling Pure fruit to this, with blueberries, hazelnuts, walnut and blackcurrants. Just like eating grapes at this stage. It has a full body, juicy tannins and a savory finish. Remains vivid and energetic. 94-96 Vinous The 2023 Beychevelle is fabulous. As always, Beychevelle includes quite a bit more Merlot than most wines in the appellation, but the Cabernet is especially high here. Inky dark fruit, crème de cassis, mocha, licorice and lavender build in the glass. This juicy, extroverted Saint-Julien has a ton to offer. The combination of fruit intensity, acid and supporting structure is superb. The 2023 is showy, but not at all overdone. Beychevelle remains one of the most distinctive wines in all of Bordeaux. It is especially classy in this edition. Tasted two times.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker