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Beychevelle Half 2020

Name: Beychevelle Half 2020
Brand: Hedonism Wines
SKU: HED23610
Price: 59.900000 GBP
Availability: InStock

HED23610 37.5cl 13.5%

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Château Beychevelle 2020 is a Left Bank Bordeaux from the Fourth Growth Château Beychevelle in St-Julien. Always one of the more approachable wines of the appellation, Beychevelle has enjoyed a consistent run of good to excellent vintages in recent years. With a higher proportion of Merlot than is typical for the region, the 2020 Beychevelle Grand Vin blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot. "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." Wine Advocate, 2023

2020

Red

Saint-Julien

Chateau Beychevelle

Fourth Growth

Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux Blend Red

93 Vinous

The 2020 Beychevelle was perplexing from barrel. Re-tasting it three or four times, I discerned a faint but nagging vegetal note on the finish, though it was not evident on a bottle subsequently tasted at the property, which governed my banded score. Returning to Bordeaux to taste the wines that had been bottled in June 2022, I certainly appreciate the bouquet that is clean and pure with blackberry, bilberry, cedar and background sous-bois aromas. The oak is beautifully integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins and well-judged acidity. Quite intense black fruit laced with graphite, perhaps a tad more peppery than usual. On the first bottle encountered at a merchant, I picked up on the green note that sent alarm bells ringing. A second bottle at the château unequivocally showed no signs at all, very sleek and poised with a residual tingle of black pepper. Based on this sample, I am cautiously optimistic about this Beychevelle, though I will always keep a lookout for that trait. - Neil Martin

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Bordeaux Blend Wines

blackberry

cassis

plum

smoke

violet

Chateau Beychevelle

Reflecting the elegance and finesse of Saint Julien's finest terroirs, fourth growth Château Beychevelle spans 90ha and is renowned for its graceful and complex first wine, made from the best plots in the vineyard and that boasts a wonderful capacity for aging.

A second wine, Amiral de Beychevelle, is also made from young vines. The estate is planted to predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, together with smaller percentages of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Expect supple, balanced wines with tremendous aromatic richness.

Bordeaux, France

Chateau Beychevelle

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