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2011 Beychevelle Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend: 750ml

$69.99

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JS 91

Alex Shaw, JJ Buckley, April 2012

47% cabernet sauvignon, 47% merlot, 4% cabernet franc, and 2% petit verdot. The 250 hectare estate is planted in deep gravel with an average vine age of 25 years. Aged 18 months in 50% new oak. Notes of blackberry and Santa Rosa plum dominate the nose, which also shows aromas of eucalyptus, clove, mocha and vanilla. Medium-bodied on the palate, the tannins are broad and mouth-filling. There is a high level of acidity present, but also enough fruit to balance it and allow for a long, lingering finish. Give it 5-8 years to come together and enjoy through 2030. Tasted twice.


91 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, April 2012

Plenty of blueberry and currant character with soft and velvety tannins and a pretty balance of fruit, alcohol and bright acidity. Nicely done.


88 -91 points,

Wine Spectator, April 2012

This has good ripe plum and black cherry fruit woven with a currant eau-de-vie aroma. There's fine-grained structure and an easy, vanilla-tinged finish. Not as dense as the top St.-Juliens.-J.M.


Alex Shaw, JJ Buckley, April 2012

47% cabernet sauvignon, 47% merlot, 4% cabernet franc, and 2% petit verdot. The 250 hectare estate is planted in deep gravel with an average vine age of 25 years. Aged 18 months in 50% new oak. Notes of blackberry and Santa Rosa plum dominate the nose, which also shows aromas of eucalyptus, clove, mocha and vanilla. Medium-bodied on the palate, the tannins are broad and mouth-filling. There is a high level of acidity present, but also enough fruit to balance it and allow for a long, lingering finish. Give it 5-8 years to come together and enjoy through 2030. Tasted twice.


91 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, April 2012

Plenty of blueberry and currant character with soft and velvety tannins and a pretty balance of fruit, alcohol and bright acidity. Nicely done.


88 -91 points,

Wine Spectator, April 2012

This has good ripe plum and black cherry fruit woven with a currant eau-de-vie aroma. There's fine-grained structure and an easy, vanilla-tinged finish. Not as dense as the top St.-Juliens.-J.M.


About Winery

Bishop François de Foix-Candale commissioned the first Château building in 1565. This passed to his niece and heir, spouse of Jean-Louis de Nogaret de la Valette, First Duc d'Epernon, favourite of King Henri III, Grand Admiral of France, and later successively governor of Provence and Guyenne.

It was this man who was responsible for the name Beychevelle: ships sailing past his residence had to lower their flags (Beychevelle is an archaic spelling of Baisse Voile, which means, literally, `Lower Your Sails') in homage of the all-powerful Duc d'Epernon.

The start of the nineteenth century saw the property in decline, but then Bordeaux wine merchant Pierre-François Guestier, brought Château Beychevelle back to its splendour by winning a gold medal in 1866.

His successor, Armand Heine, cousin of German poet Heinrich Heine, had the north wing of the castle built. He also replanted the vineyard after the phylloxera disaster. His wife, Marie-Amélie Kohn then re-established this vineyard.

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