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93 Points - Wine Enthusiast Magazine:
"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. Imported by Diageo Chateau & Estates."  — R.V.  (5/1/2006)

90 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"Given the performance of this somewhat mystifying but beautifully situated estate in St.-Julien, we might be seeing a resurrection in quality, or at least much more consistency. A beauty in an up-front, supple, sexy style is the generous and savory, dark ruby /plum-colored 2003 Beychevelle. Medium to full-bodied with loads of fruit and glycerin, it is much more approachable than usual, but also generously proportioned and exceptionally well-balanced. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2022." - Robert Parker (Apr 2006)

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About This Wine:

Blend:
53% Cabernet Sauvignon
34% Merlot
8% Cabernet Franc
5% Petit Verdot

Production: 20,600 cases

Tasting Notes:
With a degree of maturity hitherto unknown, the 2003 vintage is very fruity (black berries,
cherries) without any vegetal aromas, fleshy, very well-balanced with a good length in the
mouth. The tannins are ripe, without marked astringency. It should gain in fleshiness and
roundness with maturing.