1988 Chateau Beychevelle 4eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

Colour: Red

Vintage: 1988

Region: Bordeaux

% Alcohol: 14.99

90 WS

87 JL

84 RMPJ

1988 Chateau Beychevelle 4eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

Out of stock

Tasting Notes and Scores

90 WS

One of the best bottles from Beychevelle in a long time. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and aromas of raspberry and mint with a hint of violet. Lead pencil and fruit appear on the long aftertaste.--1988 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2000. 25,000 cases made. — JS

Wine Spectator

87 JL

Better on the nose, with its earthy, tobacco, cedar, cigar box and red plum filled perfume, than on the classic, firm, slightly austere, crisp palate. There is no reason to hold this for further aging.

Jeff Leve

84 RMPJ

Relatively light and lacking concentration, with an under-ripe, green streak to its flavors, the 1988 Beychevelle will age well, but it lacks the depth and ripeness to provide excitement. Anticipated maturity: 1994-2002.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Robert Parker

1993-02-28