Chateau Beychevelle Ερυθρός Ξηρός 2019 750ml / Chateau Beychevelle

Το Château Beychevelle αντικατοπτρίζει την κομψότητα και τη φινέτσα των καλύτερων terroir του Saint Julien. Ευχάριστο και περίπλοκο, με τεράστιο αρωματικό πλούτο, το Château Beychevelle είναι φτιαγμένο από τα καλύτερα σταφύλια τουαμπελώνα και υφίσταται μια αυστηρή διαδικασία επιλογής. Αποκαλύπτει τον χαρακτήρα του μετά από περίπου δέκα χρόνια και μπορεί να διατηρηθεί για αρκετές δεκαετίες.

Παραγωγός : Chateau Beychevelle

Ονομασία : Saint Julien 5e Grand Cru

Οίνος : Ερυθρός

Ποικιλίες : 49% Merlot - 46% Cabernet Sauvignon - 3% Cabernet Franc - 2% Petit Verdot

Εσοδεία : 2019

Αλκοόλ 13.7%

Στο Κελάρι : 2020 - 2031

Chateau Beychevelle Red Dry Wine 2019 750ml / Chateau Beychevelle

CHÂTEAU BEYCHEVELLE Grand Cru Classé

Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance and finesse of Saint Julien's finest terroirs.Graceful and complex, with a tremendous aromatic richness, Château Beychevelle is made from the best plots in the vineyard and undergoes a rigorous selection process.It reveals its character after about ten years, and can be kept for several decades, depending on the vintage.

VINTAGE 2019

TASTING NOTE

The 2019 wines have good, strong colours, well-defined, fresh fruit, and a more moderatealcohol content than the previous vintage; their tannic structures reveal impressiveelegance and depth. The volumes harvested enabled a very rigorous selection - around55% - to produce a grand vin in the tradition of its predecessors

BLEND

Cabernet Sauvignon 46%

Merlot 49%

Cabernet Franc 3%

Petit Verdot 2%

HARVEST DATES From September 23rd to October 11th

YIELD 50hl/ha

A CAPRICIOUS SPRING

The winter of 2019 was particularly mild and sunny; however, the spring brought more capricious weather. Several phases of acceleration and deceleration followed one another. The growth season started early with the vines developing fairly rapidly. Growth then slowed in April, only to be renewed in mid-June with the arrival of a heatwave.

RECORD SUMMER TEMPERATURES

The summer was particularly dry and sunny, creating optimal conditions for a uniform onset of ripening and good concentration. The summer of 2019 will be remembered for its record temperatures and heatwaves; overall, it was the third hottest summer since 1900.

As a result, the rain in September and cool nights were welcome, as they enabled a longer ripening stage, and some freshness to be restored to the grapes.

2019 was characterized by increasingly high temperatures, confirming the upward trend in the context of the undeniable climate warming taking place in the Bordeaux region. There was substantial rainfall, but it did not generate the same threat of disease as in 2018. In fact, it was beneficial, having a moderating effect on the excessive ripening that was to be feared after the exceptionally hot (although only moderately dry) summer, enabling the checks that had occurred in certain aspects of ripening to be overcome in early September and offering generous yields, the likes of which had not been seen for 15 years.

HARVESTS AS EACH PLOT RIPENED

The 2019 harvests played hide-and-seek with the rain but generally went very satisfactorily. There were 16 days of picking from 23 September to 11 October, as each grape variety and terroir came to optimal ripeness.

As a result, the grapes harvested were particularly healthy, with excellent concentration and plenty of freshness.

Analysis

Alcohol % vol. : 13.7%

Acidity (g H2SO4/l) : 3.4

pH : 3.77

Anthocyanins (mg/l) : 900

Tannins (g/l) : 3.92

ITP : 72