Description

At Château Beychevelle, the wines draw from a magnificent terroir composed of gravel adjacent to the Gironde River. The vines are cultivated with care, according to sustainable cultivation methods, including organic practices for some of them. Sorted several times, the berries are carefully vinified parcel-by-parcel. The temperatures are controlled, the extractions are gentle and the aging lasts about a year and a half in French oak barrels with the proportion of new wood around 50%.

Wine Advocate : “The 2023 Beychevelle has turned out especially well this year, exhibiting a more integrated, seductive style than recent vintages that were constructed in a punchier, more extracted register. Offering up aromas of cassis and plums mingled with notions of pen ink, violets and pencil shavings, it’s medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a deep core of fruit and a classy, suave profile that foregrounds the estate’s prime vineyard holdings on the plateau around Ducru-Beaucaillou. It’s a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot that represents 50% of the estate’s production.”