WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 728; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 852. The average score for Château Beychevelle is 876, making this a below 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Beychevelle: Vanillary, Sharpness, Introverted, Oil, élevage, Integrity, Appetising, Crunchy, Transparent, Precise. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 13.1%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (13.5% vs 13.02%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). 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 Margaux 2006, Château Margaux 2006, Château Pichon-Lalande 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Giscours 2005, Château Pichon-Lalande 2008, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2007, Château Branaire-Ducru 2012.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Beychevelle 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
65 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
52 |
| 2015-06-28 |
gbp |
80 |