Château Beychevelle 2003 – Saint-Julien, Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers power. It reveals notes of very ripe strawberry, ripe blackberry and small notes of underwood associated with small touches of ripe raspberry, incense, violet as well as meaty hints and very fine hints of liquorice. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers richness, fat, a small freshness, tension, juiciness, a juicy/mineral frame as well as a small power. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/ripe strawberry, fleshy/ripe raspberry and small notes of blackberry associated with fine touches of fleshy/ripe cherry, hints of underwood, meat/smoke as well as very fine hints of tonka bean, toasted almond and discreet hints of spices (in the background). Tannins are well-built and structuring.