Château Beychevelle 1989

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 937; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 921. The average score for Château Beychevelle is 870, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Beychevelle they use words like Fruit, Black, Elegant, Tannins, Acidity, Attractive, Ripe, Tannin, Oak, Ruby, Sweet, Deep, Full, Balanced, Dark. The 1989 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Beychevelle: Mature, Garnet, Evolving, Textured. The wine has been ready to drink for 20 years (since 1996) and has been past its best for 4 (since 2012). It normally takes wines from Château Beychevelle around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 10 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Talbot 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
51	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-54%
47	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1002%
46	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	26%
44	Les Forts de Latour 2008	149%
44	Château Palmer 2012	168%
39	Les Forts de Latour 2009	154%
36	Les Forts de Latour 2005	139%
35	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	16%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	661%
34	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	201%
34	Château Margaux 2010	1295%
34	Château Margaux 2006	441%
33	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	98%
33	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	85%
33	Château Latour 2003	1076%
33	Château Haut-Brion 2008	7%
33	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	64%
33	Château Margaux 1998	571%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	171%
32	Château Palmer 2009	273%
32	Château Batailley 2014	-67%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-22%
32	Château Giscours 1995	8%
32	Château Margaux 2008	272%
32	Château Margaux 2009	1531%
31	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-32%
31	Les Forts de Latour 2006	226%
31	Château Latour 1996	1082%
31	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	421%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-20%
31	Château Giscours 2009	-23%
31	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	482%
30	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	552%
30	Château Haut-Brion 2011	224%
30	Château Palmer 2008	63%
30	Château Figeac 2012	-20%
30	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	3%
30	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	307%
30	Château Labégorce 2010	-51%
29	Les Forts de Latour 2010	184%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	67