Chateau Beychevelle 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "Pure fruit to this, with blueberries, hazelnuts, walnut and blackcurrants. Just like eating grapes at this stage. It has a full body, juicy tannins and a savory finish. Remains vivid and energetic."

THE 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."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Dunkle Waldbeeren, feine Kräuterwürze, rote Herzkirschen, aber auch frische Feigen, dezente Edelholzanklänge. Mittlere Komplexität, gut Frische, feine, reife Tannine, mineralisch, rotbeerige Nuancen im Abgang, Rote Ribiseln im Nachhall."