CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
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CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986
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1986

CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE 1986

Wine 1986 4ème Cru Classé  Bordeaux Saint Julien

To drink between 2016 and 2034

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95-100 / 100 Rated by 6 experts

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95 / 100
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux May - 2024
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
Storming wine, still generous and full of pleasure, a reminder of just how good Beychevelle has been in the past, and why it’s such a joy to see how far it return to form over the past decade. I last had this two years ago, and it hasn’t budged one bit – still full of smoked earth, truffles, rose petal and peony floral aromatics, tobacco and undergrowth, softly spun tannins and an unhurried desire to please, still fresh and treading lightly through the palate. Maurice Ruelle winemaker. There is bottle variation in this vintage, but we were lucky with this beautiful example, as I was last time, giving me confidence to put a high score against it.
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96 / 100
Vertdevin April - 2019
Vertdevin
The nose is elegant, powerful, precise and offers a beautiful grain as well as a beautiful density. It reveals notes of wild blackcurrant, wild strawberry and small notes of violet, Cuben pepper combined with fine notes of Ceylon tea, exotic spices as well as very discreet notes of undergrowth and tonka bean. The palate is fruity, juicy, elegant, nicely indulgent, precise and offers a beautiful definition, a tangy/juicy structure, a slightly frank side, complexity as well as richness (but full of finesse and elegance). On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/tangy blackcurrant, juicy/tangy raspberry and small touches of tangy/juicy wild blackberry combined with fine notes of juicy/tangy small red fruits, undergrowth, flowers (violet, lilac), caramelization, undergrowth as well as a very discreet note of tonka bean. The tannins are elegant and well constructed. A beautiful finish!
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95 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2007
Tom Cannavan
What a lovely nose on this wine, with exquisite aromatics of kirsch-like, soaring fruit, with hints of eucalyptus and Chinese dried plums. There is Sandalwood and some smokiness over a deep well of cassis and bursting damson fruit. The palate shows stunning concentration for Beychevelle, with a mid-palate richness and breadth of flavour, with bloody, earth-streaked black fruits against a firm tannic framework and an edge of acidity. One of the best 1986's I have tasted, and better balanced than many.
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La Revue du Vin de France January - 2001
La Revue du Vin de France
93 / 100
Wine Spectator May - 1989
Wine Spectator
Remarkably complex with rich, concentrated, tannic currant, spice and anise flavors, wrapped in smoky, cedary oak that gets tastier with every sip.
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92 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate July - 2016
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The 1986 Beychevelle, which I tasted from magnum at the château, has what you might describe as a light-hearted nose with joie-de-vivre. Even from a larger format, among many 1986s tasted, this is one of the most approachable with wild strawberry, mulberry, cola and graphite aromas that unfurl in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with spice and clove on the entry. It comes across as fleshier than I was anticipating and atypically for the vintage, tapering towards the finish. Arguably rustic compared to some of its Saint Julien bedfellows, it nonetheless has charm and a sense of classicism.
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Vintage Wine  1986
Classification Médoc - 4ème Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Saint Julien
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Beychevelle
Château Beychevelle
Château Beychevelle

Château Beychevelle watches over the Gironde at the southern tip of Saint-Julien, where the legend of the "lower your sail" gave it its name and the griffin-prowed ship its emblem. Classified growth in 1855, it draws from its deep Garonne gravels a predominantly cabernet sauvignon blend, complemented by merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot, and owes its nickname of "the Versailles of the Médoc" to its pleasure château.

Vinified plot by plot and aged in oak barrels, the wines combine silky tannins, dark fruit and great ageing potential. The estate's landmark vintages range from 1982 and 1986 to 1989 for the great classics, then 2005 and the 2016 vintage, the first to emerge from the new plot-by-plot winery. L'Amiral de Beychevelle offers the most accessible expression of the estate.

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