2020 Château Beychevelle Saint-Julien Grand Cru Classé
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Body: powerful. Fuller than most red wines from ; 14.5% alcohol.
Tannin: firm. Aged in oak.
Sweetness: dry. Red wine from is almost always dry.
Acidity: medium. The temperate climate of .
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Log inChâteau Beychevelle is located at the beginning of the commune of the same name and is the first château you see when you drive into the commune. The castle is magnificent, and was once called the "Versailles du Médoc". In Saint Julien, Beychevelle lived a high-ranking admiral. All ships entering the Gironde had to salute, and did so by lowering their sails "baisser les Voiles". The name "Beychevelle" is said to be derived from this. Since 2011, the castle has changed owners. It is now in the hands of Pierre Castel (of the well-known négociant trader in Bordeaux and elsewhere in France) and of the Japanese group Suntory (also owner of Ch. Lagrange).
Château Beychevelle has the elegance and finesse of the best terroirs of Saint Julien. Graceful and complex, with an enormous aromatic richness, Château Beychevelle is made from the best plots and undergoes a rigorous selection process, revealing its true nature after about ten years and can be kept for decades, depending on the vintage.
The 2020 Beychevelle opens with an extraordinary exotic bouquet. An explosion of wild flowers, herbs, lavender and deep dark fruits floods the palate. As always, Beychevelle is an expressive and flamboyant wine, but all the elements are in beautiful harmony. The 2020 vintage is seductive, sensual and simply irresistible. As the wine develops in the glass, brighter red fruit notes emerge, along with sweet floral accents that add a striking intrinsic perfume.
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The Wine Advocate
RP 93+
Reviewed by:
William Kelley
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2027 - 2055
Rich and muscular, the 2020 Beychevelle offers up aromas of cassis, blackberries and baked plums mingled with notions of spices, pencil shavings and toasty new oak. Medium to full-bodied, thick and fleshy, with an ample core of fruit framed by powdery, generously extracted tannins that assert themselves on the finish, this is a more powerful, chunky Beychevelle than the suave 2019.
Château Beychevelle is a large landowner, at 250 hectares. But of these, only 90 are planted to vines and only 78 are located within the Saint-Julien appellation (the rest are in neighboring Cussac). Around 60% of those holdings are located on the plateau between Branaire-Ducru and Ducru-Beaucaillou, and the percentage of Merlot is quite elevated at 40%—though it's declining, as replanting here favors Cabernet Sauvignon. Since 2008, viticulture has become much less dependent on chemicals. The grand vin itself represents just over half of the production, and in the last decade or so, it has become a touch richer and more extracted and chunky. Given Beychevelle's impressive holdings on prime terroirs overlooking the estuary (something only appreciates when looking at a map), it's clear that one could expect even greater things.
Published: Apr 06, 2023
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James Suckling
Score
94
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 110
Château Beychevelle St.-Julien 2020
Wednesday, Dec 28, 2022
Color
Red
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Vintage
2020
A very polished and refined 2020 with a medium body, integrated tannins and a pretty texture. Nice currant, light chocolate and cedar undertones. Fresh finish. Drink after 2026.
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Vinous
96
Drinking Window
2030 - 2055
From: Bordeaux 2020: Saving the Best for Last (Feb 2023)
The 2020 Beychevelle is a wild, exotic beauty. Blackberry jam, gravel, crushed rocks menthol and espresso ristretto give Beychevelle its flamboyant personality. All the elements are so well balanced in this full-throttle, hugely enjoyable Saint-Julien. The 2020 is lights out.
- By Antonio Galloni on December 2022
(94-96)
Drinking Window
2030 - 2055
From: 2020 Bordeaux En Primeur: Almost Back to Normal (Jun 2021)
The 2020 Beychevelle opens with the most exotic bouquet imaginable. Wild flowers of all sorts, spice, lavender and inky dark fruit all saturate the palate. As always, Beychevelle is an overt, flamboyant wine, but all of the elements are so well out together. The 2020 is sexy, alluring and impossible to resist. Time in the glass brings out redder tonalities of fruit along with sweet floral notes that add striking inner perfume. Even as a barrel sample, I am so tempted to just drink it.
- By Antonio Galloni on May 2021
(94-96)
Drinking Window
2028 - 2055
From: Vingt-Vingt Vins: Bordeaux 2020 (May 2021)
The 2020 Beychevelle is the one wine that I vowed to re-taste at the château since I found three samples tasting in the UK vexing because of a green taint on the finish. Here, the nose performs well: pure blackberry and crushed violet, none of those incongruous “mulch” or “vegetal” scents that I noticed before. That’s a good omen. The palate? This is far different to the samples tasted before. I think there is still a very nuanced green/bell pepper note towards the finish, but here it is subsumed into the layers of black fruit. Swallowing a sip just to be certain, I am more reassured that the samples in the UK were unrepresentative and glad that I did not attribute a score, which I am happy to do now.
- By Neal Martin on June 2021
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- Quatrième Grand Cru Classé en 1855
De 2020 Château Beychevelle heeft een verleidelijk en sensueel profiel van diepdonker en helder rood fruit, wilde bloemen, lavendel en fijne kruiden, met elegante tannines en een zijdezachte textuur die veel complexiteit en bewaarpotentieel verraadt. Dankzij die combinatie van florale frisheid, rijp fruit en structuur vormt hij een perfecte partner voor gegrild of gebraden rundvlees en lam, smeuïge charcuterie en gerijpte kazen, waarbij vooral gegrild entrecote of een kruidige lamsbout, langzaam gegaarde runderwangetjes en een kaasplank met comté of blauwaderkaas de smaakdimensies van de wijn extra tot hun recht doen komen.
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