St. Julien- Beychevelle Red Bordeaux Blend

2009 Clarets at tasting group last night, blind. One of my favorites. Spearmint, spice, chocolate/coffee. Green notes. The most lively in the mouth with nice acidity, dark red fruit.

Good fruit and tannins. Overall I felt it lacked structure yet a decent finish with leathery notes with licorice and plum. I think this wine has quite a bit of Syrah and for me that's not one of my favorites.

horozontal with lagrange 200 drunk aug 2016. vety gd shd probably have decanted

Silky smooth.

Corked.

2001

Very elegant for a 2010, very long indeed. Bit of earth and soy in this, spice. Still a touch of heat but lots and lots in this. Almost surprisingly rather fun already, but probably will go to sleep soon. Either drink now as a youthful star or forget about it for 10 years.

Seam of richness to this. Very very smooth indeed. Texturally absolutely gorgeous but otherwise rather closed at the moment. More to come for sure

I enjoyed the balanced tone of this Left Bank Bordeaux. 2009 was a great year, but prices reflect that. The Saint Julien region makes great wines and this was as close to a value example as you can find. Cheers!!

2004