WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 878; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2002 which is 875. The average score for Château Beychevelle is 872, 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 2002 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2002 but no other wine from Château Beychevelle: Pencil, Astringency. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.17%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2002 (13% vs 12.79%). 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 Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Latour 2003, Château Batailley 2010, Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Beychevelle 2002
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
99 |