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Beychevelle 1989
HED66018
75 cl
13%
£125.00
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1989 was a sensational vintage in Bordeaux and Beychevelle produced a deliciously elegant wine to rival some of their greatest efforts from the 1980s. On the nose it is a delight with notes of blackcurrant, fruitcake, flowers and herbs. Though the palate is well balanced and flavoursome this is now at peak maturity.
89 Robert Parker
Both the 1989 and 1990 wines scored slightly lower than in previous tastings. In contrast to the 1990, the 1989 Beychevelle, which usually performs better than it did in the recent tasting, is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with soft tannin, copious quantities of ripe, herb-tinged, blackcurrant fruit, some evidence of toasty oak, and a generous, velvety-textured finish. It appears to be evolving quickly, and can be drunk now as well as over the next 15 years. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
88 Vinous
The 1989 Beychevelle repeats its performance from a blind tasting in London earlier in 2018. It has an old-school bouquet of dusky black fruit, morels and that light seawater note. The palate is medium-bodied with quite sharp tannin and rustic in style, featuring leathery red fruit and iron ore, though as I noted before, it has faded in recent years and I cannot see much benefit in cellaring this longer. Tasted from an ex-cellar bottle at the château. Neal Martin1st September 2019
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