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2025 Château Beychevelle, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (52%), Merlot (43%), Petit Verdot (5%)
Not ready
Jeb Dunnuck
96-98/100
Antonio Galloni
95-97/100
Neal Martin
95-97/100
Jacobo Garcia Andrade
95-96/100
Georgie Hindle
94/100
James Lawther MW
17/20
Jane Anson
93/100
Yohan Castaing
92-93/100
Yohan Castaing
92-93/100
Product: 20258007528

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Description

This is the second-smallest harvest in Beychevelle’s history (just 31hl/ha), but it still a notch above the 2025 average for St Julien. The alcohol is 13.4%, so the wine packs a good punch, but this is still made very much in the Beychevelle style, with a lush and creamy core of sweet fruit and a lift of spicy oak. Then the vintage adds its own saline twist. The tannins are rich and their grip is evident on the finish. This absolutely hits the spot at its level.

Our score: 17/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd (March 2026)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2025
Alcohol % 13.5%
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (52%), Merlot (43%), Petit Verdot (5%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Beychevelle

Critics reviews

Jeb Dunnuck 96-98/100
A brilliant, deeply hued wine, the 2025 Château Beychevelle is based on 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot, and is still resting in 70% new oak. One of the earliest harvests ever recorded at this château, with very tiny yields, it has a ripe, sexy, gorgeously textured style with ripe black cherries, graphite, spicy wood, and dried flowers on the nose. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, with a round, layered mouthfeel, velvety tannins, and a blockbuster finish. Hitting 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.6, this is a ripe, expressive Beychevelle that will evolve gracefully for 30 years or more. Tasted twice with consistent notes.
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (May 2026)
Antonio Galloni 95-97/100

The 2025 Beychevelle is a very sexy wine. Plush and exuberant, the 2025 is seriously impressive right out of the gate. Blackberry, lavender, mocha, crème de cassis and a kick of French oak are all beautifully amplified in the glass. The blend is 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, with the plush richness of the Merlot very much in evidence. There's a lot of wine here. The 2025 spent three weeks on the skins, more or less the norm here, but it also includes 13% press wine, a bit higher than most years. More than anything else, the 2025 is a wine of extreme pleasure. It is an exceptional Beychevelle, one of the finest in recent memory.
Drink 2035 - 2075
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2026)
Neal Martin 95-97/100

The 2025 Beychevelle was picked from September 5 to 21 at 31 hl/ha, fairly reasonable for Saint-Julien this year, albeit the second lowest after 2013. Matured in 70% new oak, this has a concentrated nose with blackcurrants, blueberry, inkwell and light violet scents. Very fine definition, a Beychevelle that leans on the more opulent side aromatically, though always controlled. The palate is medium-bodied with a velvety smooth entry that lends it sensuality. Extremely precise, exquisite pure fruit, quite mineral-driven with a very long, quite sensual finish. I don't think Philippe Blanc has overseen a Beychevelle as good as this. 13.4% alcohol.
Drink 2032 - 2060
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (May 2026)
Jacobo Garcia Andrade 95-96/100
Spicy, with dark fruit aromas. Angular in style, with a linear profile and precise, focused tannins. It shows clarity, fresh dark fruit and balance that stands out.
Jacobo Garcia Andrade, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2026)
Georgie Hindle 94/100
Such a gorgeous fragrance on the nose, so alive, so floral and expressive with milk chocolate, cherries and violets. Grippy and alive in the mouth, fun, bright, certainly full of tannins and grip with a lovely core of black bramble fruit with straight acidity. I like the very hands-off nature, it’s refined and finessed, still young and a little shy but lots of tannins are so well handled by the fruit purity and acidity. It’s a big, powerful, muscular wine but so poised, mouthwatering and charming. It has a spiced kick on the finish which adds to the complexity. 3.6pH. 80 IPT. 13% press wine. 60% of production. Reduced maceration by 5-7 days. Ageing 70% new oak.
Drink 2030 - 2044
Georgie Hindle, Decanter.com (Apr 2026)
James Lawther MW 17/20

52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. 32 hl/ha. Cask sample.

Attractive berry-fruit aromas. Juicy and fresh on the palate. Tannins fine and integrated. Drive and persistence on the finish. Harmonious.
Drink 2032 - 2050
James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2026)
Jane Anson 93/100
Cloves and grilled red peppers, deep mulberry fruits, this is so delicious, charcoal and liquorice, St Julien balance, really luscious and joyful. Yield 32 hl/ha. Philippe Blanc director.
Drink 2034 - 2044
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com (Apr 2026)
Yohan Castaing 92-93/100
The 2025 Beychevelle reveals a toasty, oak-marked bouquet of dark wild berries, licorice and spice. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and concentrated, it’s built around an assertive tannic frame, concluding with a long, spicy, licorice-inflected finish. While the wine is marked by both concentration and oak at this stage, élevage may bring greater finesse and a more integrated, enveloping tannic profile.
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (Apr 2026)
Yohan Castaing 92-93/100
The 2025 Beychevelle reveals a toasty, oak-marked bouquet of dark wild berries, licorice and spice. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and concentrated, it’s built around an assertive tannic frame, concluding with a long, spicy, licorice-inflected finish. While the wine is marked by both concentration and oak at this stage, élevage may bring greater finesse and a more integrated, enveloping tannic profile.
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (Apr 2026)

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