Tasting Notes
Antonio Galloni 92
The 2020 Beaumont is fabulous in the way it marries power and finesse. Crushed red berry fruit, charcoal, dried flowers, spice and tobacco lend notable complexity. The 2020 has lost some of its youthful fruitiness, but none of its charm or pedigree. This is beautifully done.
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2035
Neal Martin 87
The 2020 Beaumont offers plenty of blackcurrant and raspberry fruit on the nose, intermixed with cedar and subtle pencil shaving scents-discrete, but it opens with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied and a bit chewy with sappy red fruit. The finish "fluffs its lines" and comes across as rather simple, especially in contrast to its appealing aromatics. A recent 2016 showed better than this bottle, hence the question mark against my score. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2035
Wine Advocate 88
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2020 Beaumont opens with expressive notions of baked red cherries, mulberries and redcurrant jelly, plus hints of dried mint, pencil shavings and charcoal. The medium-bodied palate delivers a good amount of crunchy red fruits with soft tannins and just enough freshness, finishing with an herbal lift.
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2031
