2021 Château Beychevelle Saint-Julien Grand Cru Classé Magnum
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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 in the undergoes a rigorous selection process and reveals its true nature after about ten years and can be kept for decades, depending on the vintage. This is a 1.5 liter magnum. Even more delicious and with a longer drinking window.
The 2021 Beychevelle has a pleasant, light bouquet that needs some encouragement to unfold in the glass. Eventually aromas of blackberry, wild hedge, peppermint and sage emerge. The oak is nicely integrated in this 2021 vintage that is mainly characterized by elegance and a bit lighter in style and less 'plump'
The palate is medium-bodied with a fairly firm attack. The Cabernet Sauvignon is clearly dominant here, bringing intense notes of blackberry and graphite. The licorice-tinged finish is fresh and focused. This is an elegant, engaging Beychevelle.
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The Wine Advocate
RP 92+
Reviewed by:
William Kelley
Release Price:
NA
Drink Date:
2025 - 2038
The 2021 Beychevelle opens in the glass with notes of sweet berry compote, plums and creamy new oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy palate with an unusually sweet core of fruit for the vintage, framed by plenty of chewy tannin, and concluding with a vanillin-inflected finish.
Published: Feb 08, 2024
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James Suckling
Score
91-92
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 99
Château Beychevelle St.-Julien 2021
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Color
Red
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Vintage
2021
Blueberry and some chocolate and berry character. Medium body, fine tannins and a fresh, medium finish.
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Vinous
94
Drinking Window
2031 - 2046
From: 2021 Bordeaux: L’Enfant Terrible (Feb 2024)
The 2021 Beychevelle is elegant, understated and classy. Medium in body and less overt than most recent years, the 2021 is impeccably balanced from start to finish. Dark-toned fruit, gravel, menthol, licorice, spice and new oak build nicely with a bit of time in the glass. This is incredibly harmonious.
- By Antonio Galloni on December 2023
(92-94)
Drinking Window
2031 - 2046
From: 2021 Bordeaux En Primeur: Back to Classicism (May 2022)
The 2021 Beychevelle is rich and sumptuous, but not quite as pushed in that direction as some recent vintages have been. Then again, that sort of opulence was simply not possible in 2021. Even so, the 2021 flows with dark blue/purplish fruit, incense, espresso, mocha, menthol and licorice. All the elements are so well balanced. The 2021 is a terrific Beychevelle with a bright future.
- By Antonio Galloni on April 2022
(91-93)
Drinking Window
2026 - 2050
From: Enticingly Fallible: Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur (May 2022)
The 2021 Beychevelle has a pleasant, light bouquet that needs coaxing from the glass, eventually offering blackberry, briar, peppermint and sage aromas. The oak here is neatly integrated, though it does not possess the dimension of the previous vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a firm grip on the entry. The Cabernet Sauvignon is fully in the driving seat here, imparting quite intense blackberry and graphite notes. As with many Saint-Julien barrel samples, a Pauillac-like structure comes through. The licorice-tinged finish is fresh and focused. This is quite an endearing Beychevelle after the challenging growing season.- By Neal Martin on April 2022
Philippe Blanc, head winemaker for some 29 vintages at the estate, explained: “We had a decent crop thanks to us escaping the frost and good vineyard management during the huge mildew pressure from May to July. Summer temperatures were lower than in recent years with few days over 30°C and around 30-40mm of rain, so it was not particularly wet. We came in over weekends to protect the crop. We stopped spraying quite early, 11 times compared to 19 times elsewhere, which is not to say we are number one. But the vineyard management was successful. The harvest was from 25 September and then stopped twice when it rained, 14 or 15 days of picking with our 100 pickers, 50 from Romania as we cannot find them locally. Sugar levels were lower, but the fruit was ripe, so Merlots came in at around 12%. We ended up with over 50hL/ha, and that meant that during blending, we had more scope to make choices. The more we produce more volume, the more we deselect, so that 54% of production went into the Grand Vin in 2021. Our terroir tends to ripen later which gave us an advantage in 2021.
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Deze 2021 Beychevelle toont een elegant maar rijk profiel van zwarte bessen en pruim, met nuances van mint, grafiet en drop, romig nieuw eiken en een vanilleachtige afdronk, medium tot vol van body met uitgesproken, kauwbare tannines. Daardoor vormt hij een ideale partner voor rood vlees, lam, wild en rijke stoofschotels: de donkere fruittonen en de frisse, minerale bitterheid snijden door vette sauzen heen en de tannines brengen structuur bij smeuïge gerechten. Kies voor gegrild ribeye of entrecôte, langzaam gegaarde short ribs of een klassieke boeuf bourguignon, of voor hert of lam met kruiden zoals rozemarijn en jeneverbes of een geconcentreerde rodewijnreductie om de complexiteit van de wijn echt te laten schitteren.
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