Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 86
This has a strange nose, one that I thought was corked at first with an evolved nose of mulberry, mushroom, burnt match that has a touch of volatility. The palate is medium-bodied, earthy, cigar box, dried herbs with a touch of spice on the finish. Lacking a little length ” rather funky. Perhaps not a representative bottle. Tasted May 2008.
Vinous 88
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.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2025
