93 Wine Spectator
Slightly rustic, but featuring loads of chocolate and berry and hints of flowers. Full-bodied, with minty, floral and cherry flavors and a velvety texture. Loads of mouthpuckering tannins. Needs time. Blockbuster for Beychevelle.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2008. ?JS
93 Wine Spectator
Slightly rustic, but featuring loads of chocolate and berry and hints of flowers. Full-bodied, with minty, floral and cherry flavors and a velvety texture. Loads of mouthpuckering tannins. Needs time. Blockbuster for Beychevelle.--1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2008. ?JS
16 Rene Gabriel
90: Fassprobe (15/20): Dichte Nase, füllig und recht komplex (Himbeeren). Im Gaumen Bestätigung von Himbeeren. Gut ausgewogen. Feiner, eleganter Wein. Auch an der Arrivage mit gleicher Wertung: Offene Nase, gebranntes Zuckerrohr, Caramel, Butter, Zedern, Korinthen, überreifes Traubengut zeigend. Der Rauchtoastgeschmack dominiert Nase und Gaumen. Dürfte mehr Konzentration haben. Mittelmass! 95: Neben dem mageren 88er machte er fast richtig Spass. Jetzt in der Genussphase. 16/20 vorbei
89 Robert Parker
Both the 1989 and 1990 wines scored slightly lower than in previous tastings. In contrast to the 1990, the 1989 Beychevelle, which usually performs better than it did in the recent tasting, is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with soft tannin, copious quantities of ripe, herb-tinged, blackcurrant fruit, some evidence of toasty oak, and a generous, velvety-textured finish. It appears to be evolving quickly, and can be drunk now as well as over the next 15 years.
89 Robert Parker
Both the 1989 and 1990 wines scored slightly lower than in previous tastings. In contrast to the 1990, the 1989 Beychevelle, which usually performs better than it did in the recent tasting, is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with soft tannin, copious quantities of ripe, herb-tinged, blackcurrant fruit, some evidence of toasty oak, and a generous, velvety-textured finish. It appears to be evolving quickly, and can be drunk now as well as over the next 15 years.
16 Rene Gabriel
90: Fassprobe (15/20): Dichte Nase, füllig und recht komplex (Himbeeren). Im Gaumen Bestätigung von Himbeeren. Gut ausgewogen. Feiner, eleganter Wein. Auch an der Arrivage mit gleicher Wertung: Offene Nase, gebranntes Zuckerrohr, Caramel, Butter, Zedern, Korinthen, überreifes Traubengut zeigend. Der Rauchtoastgeschmack dominiert Nase und Gaumen. Dürfte mehr Konzentration haben. Mittelmass! 95: Neben dem mageren 88er machte er fast richtig Spass. Jetzt in der Genussphase. 16/20 vorbei