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  • Country ranking ?

    1 040
  • Producer ranking ?

    13
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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The Story

Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance and finesse of Saint Julien's finest terroirs.Graceful and complex, with a tremendous aromatic richness, Château Beychevelle is made from the best plots in the vineyard and undergoes a rigorous selection process.It reveals its character after about ten years, and can be kept for several decades, depending on the vintage.

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Vintage 1945

The best vintage in the world – 1947 or 1945? Tastingbook has tasted all the best wines from these two great vintages.

If wine producers from different regions were asked to name the best vintages in their wine history, most would name 1947 or 1945 as one of the greats. If we then compared them, there would probably only be one vintage that most, if not all, producers had named on the list – 1947.

We wanted to test this theory and we tas...

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Tasting note

color

Medium

ending

Long, Spicy and Round

flavors

Blackcurrant, Vegetal, Coffee, Cedar and Herbs

nose

Intense, Complex and Opulent

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Concentrated, Complex, Mature, Full-bodied, Elegant, Rich, Vigor and Silky tannins

Verdict

Exotic and Full-bodied

Written Notes

The 1924 Beychevelle was unfortunately corked, but its texture was the best of the first four. The flavors behind the corked quality were great; its fruit was deeper with nice cassis and flesh, as well as great balance.
  • 93p

Upper shoulder fill. Ruby core with broad orange rim. Lots of sediments. Leather, tobacco, some cedar, very mature nose. Fresh acidity, some tannins still, sweet and sour, cherries, figs, the flavours are not as pure as some this vintage, rustic and sort of edgy, touch dusty and earthy. Long if a bit narrow. 91

  • 91p
Tasted in March 2015 during dinner at Domaine de Chevalier. Truffles, beautifully aromatic nose, stunningly gracious and stylish wine, excellent on palate with lively fruit, tannin and acidity. Smooth and gracious finish. Awesome stuff!
  • 97p
Château-bottled. Level was almost by the neck. Decanted one hour. Dark, opaque red fading gradually to a teak coloured rim. Rich and complex on the nose with grand depth and aromas of spice, vegetal cassis and old oak. Fully flavoured, medium to full bodied and well balanced. An elegant but commanding wine with flavours of sweet fruit, cedar, coffee, spicy old oak and undertones of herbs, a silky texture, splendid concentration and a long, well balanced finish. The wine has been fully mature for over three decades already, but will still last another decade.
  • 95p
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Origin

Saint-Julien, Bordeaux

Other wines from this producer

Amiral de Beychevelle

Les Brulières de Beychevelle

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