2020 | Chteau Beychevelle | Saint-Julien (Half Bottle)

Red Wine: 2020 | Chteau Beychevelle | Saint-Julien (Half Bottle)

The wine’s structure and serious tannins are, happily, balanced by the rich generosity of the fruit flavors.

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Producer: Chteau Beychevelle

Ratings: WA | 96 JS | 95

Vintage: 2020

Size: 375ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Saint-Julien

The wine’s structure and serious tannins are, happily, balanced by the rich generosity of the fruit flavors.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Beychevelle offers up vibrant notes of black raspberries, fresh black cherries and cassis, plus hints of wild sage, chocolate mint, rose hip tea and fallen leaves, with an exotic hint of Indian spices. The medium to full-bodied palate offers layers of crunchy black fruits with a firm, grainy texture and just enough freshness, finishing long and perfumed.

• James Suckling: Sweet-berry and tobacco character with blackberries and violets. Its full-bodied with firm, polished tannins and a fresh finish. Very fine at the end.

Producer Information

Chteau Beychevelle is a well-regarded wine estate based in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux’s northern Haut-Mdoc wine region, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary.. The estate’s flagship, Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, wine is known for its supple power and smooth, rich texture, and better vintages have great aging ability. In the Bordeaux Classification of 1855 it was ranked a fourth growth. The 250-hectare (620-acre) estate is situated in the extreme southeast of the Saint-Julien appellation, just outside the small commune of Beychevelle. The chteau building lies just east of Branaire-Ducru and south of Ducru-Beaucaillou. The Beychevelle vineyard covers 90 hectares (222 acres) of deep Garonne gravel, with 62 percent planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, which is dominant in the wine itself. The remaining vineyard has 31 percent Merlot, 5 percent Cabernet Franc and 2 percent Petit Verdot. The eponymous flagship wine, or “grand vin”, is aged for 18 months in oak barrels, half of which are new. A second wine, Amiral de Beychevelle, is made from lots not earmarked for the grand vin. A few plots in the vineyard lie outside the Saint-Julien border and so are made under the Haut-Mdoc classification as Les Brulires de Beychevelle. The name Beychevelle comes from the first Duke of Epernon, a navy admiral who owned the estate in the 16th Century. Boats that passed on the Garonne had to lower their sails in deference and the term “Baisse-Voile” (lowering of sails) became Beychevelle. This nautical theme extends to the ship with a griffin prow featured on the label. The Chteau is currently owned by the Castel-Suntory joint venture, Grand Millsimes de France.