93pts Wine Enthusiast

The most beautifully situated chateau, with its great view of the Gironde estuary, Beychevelle is another of those Médoc estates that has found top form after a fallow period in the 1980s and early '90s. The wine's generosity, sweetness and fruit is balanced with the carefully crafted structure of wood that underpins it all.

92pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Despite the extreme heat of June, July and August, this beautiful wine’s terroir shows through. A dense plum/purple color is accompanied by sweet cassis and black currant aromas, broad, round, juicy fruit flavors, medium body, and hints of figs, spice box and cedar. This complete, juicy, fully mature, impressive wine can be consumed over the next 7-8 years.

Winemaker Notes

The 1999 Beychevelle from the illustrious Chateau Beychevelle encapsulates a harmony of complexity and maturity that only a St-Julien can offer. Nestled in the heart of Bordeaux, this Chateau is renowned for producing wines of exceptional character, and the '99 vintage is no exception. With decades to ponder over its evolution, one can assert that this vintage has sailed elegiacally into the annals of fine wine.