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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 38 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by KAT9 on 4/16/2024 & rated 94 points: I have tried it twice in the last year. Both times, the wine is quite enjoyable to drink. Earthy, floral, red and dark fruits, very effortless. Very Napa like. You can drink this by itself. Big but well controlled tannin, acidity, good finish. (1037 views) | | | Tasted by DevenStephens on 11/18/2023 & rated 96 points: First impression was being impressed by how approachable this is already. Dark red color with some purple hues. Nose is all tobacco, rich dark fruits and a touch or vanilla and expresso. Upon tasting we get all those notes as well. Blackcurrant, Blackberries and some Cassis. Velvety tannins, a very smooth wine. We compared it to a 2019 SuperTuscan (Saffredi) and this was much more ready to drink now than the Tuscan. At around 100$ if you're lucky, this is a baller Bordeaux. Very well made and extremely enjoyable now. Not sure how age will change this as it may lack a bit of acidity to be able to withstand a long while in the cellar. (2095 views) | | | Tasted by kostaslonis on 10/31/2023: 2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 49% Mer 46% CS 3% PV 2% CF, 13.70%
Heavily bretty, like fresh goat milk, palates is the same, overripe black fruit, tight tannins, med body and finish. (1890 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 7/24/2023 & rated 93 points: Pulled the cork on the bottle accessed by Coravin in January and May. Consistent experience with those notes.
A touch flamboyant, with fruit and new oak, albeit backed by considerable underpinning substance. The longer this breathed the better it showed, including its medium plus cellaring potential. Featuring greater range and depth than the same vintage Potensac, Lilian Ladouys, and Cos d'Estournel.
Recommend holding for several years. Likely to enter peak form after 2035. Solid QPR. (3354 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 7/21/2023 & rated 91 points: Deep ruby colour. Medium (+) and developing nose with red plum, blackberry, blueberry, black cherry, eucalyptus, black pepper, vanilla, smoke and chocolate. Pronounced taste of blueberry, blackberry, black cherry, eucalyptus, black pepper, licorice, vanilla, smoke and chocolate. Long and dry finish. High acidity. High tannins. Medium body. An outstanding St. Julien with great potential. Drink in seven to twenty years. Goes well with beef or lamb. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by Matt Scott on 6/18/2023 & rated 95 points: Decanted for three hours. Wondrous black cherries, white chocolate, camphor, oolong tea and mixed currants. Full-bodied, with cut. The finish stretches on and then stays focused with the panoply of flavors and intrigue. There’s modern and classic…all wrapped into one. Very pretty and remains deep. Loving this. Drink 2025 -. (3040 views) | | | Tasted by Dithiolium on 6/7/2023 & rated 92 points: Tasting at Château Beychevelle. Bright red. Fruit forward nose opens up nicely over time. Aromatic fruit attack, fresh red fruit, integrated oak. Tannins and mid-soft, good acidity. Rounded on finish. Smooth elegant silky style. Surprisingly approachable young. Impression that the wine is made for early drinking yet with ageing potential. 49% Merlot, 46% Cab Sauv, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cab Franc. (2233 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 5/14/2023 & rated 92 points: Bordeaux 2022 en Primeur and some recent vintages: The well-known Beychevelle estate has long been an under-performer. Not that the wines are bad, but looking at the potential of the site there is still a long way to go. Always elegant and light-footed, but also often a little thin, the Chateaux probably has too generous HL/HA yields. The 2019 is also marked by this. It seems a bit innocuous for the great year. However, the aromatics are good. 92-93 (4675 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 5/10/2023 & rated 93 points: Five 2019 Left Bank Wines, First through Fifth Growths: The most obviously young of the five, by bouquet and palate. Red fruits drape a dark berry and muddled violet petals core, with fruit liqueurs and high quality oak imparted vanillan and spices. Strong sense of Left Bank place.
Bold and rambunctious, yet not lacking for poise...quite intriguing in these ways. Real substance underpins the wine's flamboyant outward face. Balanced in all regards, extraction, oak, and alcohol. Wines in this style tend to shut down four to five years after vintage, or...right about now, through next year. This seems quite likely. Recommend interested, non-tanninphobes sample now, for bench mark purposes. After about a year, recommend holding bottles for several years. Everything suggests a twenty plus year wine from vintage. Likely to shine roundabout 2040. Improvement seems possible. 93-94.
EHC placed this in the middle of the five. I placed it tied for fourth. (3504 views) | | | Tasted by Vinnut on 5/3/2023 & rated 93 points: Dark ruby/garnet in color. Nose was initially reticent but with extended airing (1 hour+), it developed into a full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blackberries, & plums with floral notes of violets & earthy/dusty notes, herbs, pencil/graphite, spices & a hint of cedar in the background. Medium-full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, plush, ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, minerals, cocoa & a hint of oak. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging at which time, it may merit a higher score (94+). IMHO, based on the 2019 Bordeaux I have tried to date, I have noted a similarity between the 2019 vintage as to the level of ripeness & plush textures found in the 1982 wines when those earlier wines were initially released. (2122 views) | | | Tasted by sid_loves_wine on 4/26/2023 & rated 93 points: A beautiful wine that's tough for me to rate. We got it for ~$75 at Costco (excellent price!), but it seems to be closer to $120-$150 in most cases, and in that scenario it has tough competition unless it's going to age. I don't always specifically note when a wine /needs/ aging to show its best, but here that's definitely the case. Moreover, this is sort of a new experience for me- my first really "serious" classed-growth Bdx that I've tried super young.
It's shy at first, but that's not to say it's totally closed right now. This is a gorgeous and nuanced wine, for sure more about complexity and elegance than concentration and power. A gentle but persistent perfume of blueberry, ripe blackberry, acai, and so on, accompanied by a "cool" kind of stony minerality, almost like petrichor meets graphite. There's an especially pure black cherry tone revealed by a longer whiff, and that classic bordeaux earthiness is super dialed-in, a bit leathery and minty but with zero sense of "green", which I'm very sensitive to. The fruit really does sit in that "blue" zone, too dark to call red fruit, too bright to call black fruit.
The palate is surprisingly high-toned, closer to a sort of raspberry liqueur and dried cherry thing. It's nicely zingy and bright without feeling goofy or shallow. It's very primary, but the finish goes on for a very, very long time, and the tannins, while dense, are surprisingly silky and fine-grained. Velvety fruit all the way down.
No decant, and it kept improving over a number of hours. With a solid 10 years on it, this will be divine. (2267 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 1/30/2023 & rated 93 points: Four 2019 Left Bank Offerings: Tasted alongside three other 2019 Left Bank offerings, notably the Clerc Milon.
The only wine that features traditional purity and correctness. Compelling bouquet of florals, fruits and berries, liqueurs, varietal markers, and terroir. Quite seductive.
Suave yet generous. Expansive and satisfying. This exposed the Clerc Milon as a soulless, California want-to-be.
A wine worth gaining a benchmark for during the next year or two. Afterwards, a decade in the cellar will serve it well. Something other than a blockbuster...and there is nothing wrong with that. Improvement seems possible. 93-94. (3364 views) | | | Tasted by pavel_p on 12/3/2022 & rated 91 points: UGC 2019 Singapore (Singapore): Forrest fruit / berries, not particularly aromatic though. 90-91 (2694 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 12/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Creamy chocolate, juicy ripe black and red fruits, pungent and sweet spices with graphite note. Good complexity but could use some more length and depth (2095 views) | | | Tasted by remyworldpeace on 12/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2019 Vintage Tasting, Singapore: Tasted at UGC Bordeaux 2019 tasting in Singapore.
Opening and coming together nicely. Juicy, ripe red fruit of cherry and raspberry. Sweet tanins. Touch of oak and pencil sharpenings too.
Scored because it is already beginning to drink well. This certainly has the potential to get even better. Anticipated range 92-95. (2607 views) | | | Tasted by Psdycp on 11/26/2022 & rated 93 points: A concentrated and complex nose, quite opaque and mysterious for now. There are ripe black fruits, toasted spices, cedar, leather and aniseed after sometime in the glass. Nice minerality. These aromatics are found in the palate. Almost full-bodied structure which has some bite and length to a persistent spiced finish. Will develop and improve for the next 5 years. 93-94 pts. (1501 views) | | | Tasted by stayhappy21 on 11/26/2022 & rated 88 points: Tasted this wine at the Chateau Beychevelle Masterclass during the International Congress of Chinese Cuisine & Wine at the Goodwood Park Hotel.
Beautiful nose backed by a wall of tannins with good balance and elegance. Fantastic nose with bubble gum flavours. (1522 views) | | | Tasted by xiangjing91 on 11/26/2022 & rated 90 points: International Congress of Chinese Cuisine and Wine 2022 Masterclasses (Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore): Light ruby. Blueberry on the nose, formidable tannins and medium+ acidity on the palate.
Made of 49% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot (2191 views) | | | Tasted by nwebstar on 11/23/2022 & rated 93 points: Bordeaux 2019 Langtons Arrival Tasting: Stylish and balanced. Black and red fruits. Good depth and complexity (1534 views) | | | Tasted by sfwinelover1 on 11/12/2022 & rated 95 points: Purchased by the ever generous Edwin as the climax for the Kokkari dinner ($300 on the wine list). On the nose and palate, very vibrant notes of black cherries, currants and berries, slate, dark florals, dark chocolate, rocky minerality and graphite. Dark purple, full bodied, thick legs. Medium tannins and acidity, already fairly integrated, no heat. VG+ complexity, persistence and intensity. Ok, so we’d hit the end of the main courses, and Edwin was still feeling like a BDX, which he offered to pick up. The pickings on the Kokkari carte for BDX were slim (what does it say when my collection is far better than that of a Michelin starred restaurant, even if (well) weaker than my CT friends? Time to stop buying, perhaps) and, relative to some of the other selections, marked up rather unconscionably (this wine appears to be fairly widely available for $80-90 in the retail market). While my eyes wandered over to the ‘10 Cos, knowing Edwin’s generosity (and that his wealth is several factorials higher than my own), I just couldn’t do that in good conscience, so the Beychevelle it was. In light of the circumstances of ordering, this was a PnP, although we dumped it straight into a decanter, so it did get some benefit of aeration. That said, this was singing right off the pour, with a voluptuous creaminess, not just for a BDX, but for BDX varietals from anywhere, including Napa. While for some, I could see this taking away from the BDX sense of place—and I don’t know how much of this was the vintage vs. the cuvée generally—for me, as somewhat of a BDX skeptic, this delicious wine hit my spec beautifully. There’s enough structure here so that this would probably work well with the usual BDX matches, yet it seems possible to me that this is the rare BDX which might actually be better without food than with. Likewise, with this drinking with notable balance and largely integrated, the upside from here is uncertain, although it should have a decade+ of excellent drinking (I note that somehow, CT has determined that is when this wine will just be entering its drinking window, which will go on past my 100th birthday, which seems batsh*t crazy). Even more modern, if not as sophisticated at the ‘16 Pontet of a few weeks ago, but they’re both fishing in the same pond, and if the alternative to this is some of the shut tight as a drum wines we had a few weeks ago, then I say bring on modernity. Enjoyable and highly recommended. 95+ (1993 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 10/5/2022 & rated 94 points: Complex, elegant and enticing. Good fruits, chocolaty, good concentration, deep minerals and medium body. Highly potential. 93+ (1658 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 7/4/2022 & rated 93 points: Union des Grands Crus: The '19 Beychevelle stands out a bit among the 2019 St Juliens by virtue of its masculine, slightly smoky and peppery nose, otherwise driven by more typical blackberry and boysenberry. This is tannic with an idiosyncratic black pepper note, but there's no heat. (3817 views) | | | Tasted by Roger Patterson on 6/30/2022 & rated 89 points: Ripe blackberry, bit pasty, meaty. Medium tannins. At LA UGC. (1643 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 6/28/2022: UGC Bordeaux (Union Station - Chicago IL): Walk around tasting. Ripe black fruits with a slightly jammy richness, also meaty. Lots here, even if not quite perfectly balanced for now, so tough to fully/ fairly assess, 91-94 point potential. (2977 views) | | | Tasted by repoper on 6/27/2022 & rated 96 points: Tasted twice in the lkast week. Thsi is a wine I am very familiar with. I have never been a huge fan but this wine is just amazing. Filled with flowers, fruit, tobbace leaf, maybe some currants. It's striking in its finesse and balance. The rep told me that the Japanese have glomed onto this wine because of the gargole on the front to the ship. Who knows but it has increased the price where it's just not a QPR anymore. Sad as it is a great wine in this vintage (1694 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé
The Vineyard: Chateau Beychevelle covers an area of 250 ha, of which 90 ha are planted with vines. The closeness of the Gironde river, which can be seen from the front steps of the Château, has a protective, regulating effect on the climate that is vital for the production of exceptional wines. The vineyard is planted with 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. Plant density is about 8,300 to 10,000 vines/ha. On average, the vines are 30 years of age.
The Soil: The terroir consists of deep Garonne gravel from the Gunzian period, ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon.
Vinification: The wine of Chateau Beychevelle is vinified in a combination of temperature controlled, stainless steel, and concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in tank. It is then aged in an average of 50% new French oak barrels for about 18 months.Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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