1988 Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien

1988 Chateau Beychevelle Saint Julien

A lovely nose, aromatic and fresh, and just a little toasty. Fresh on the palate too, with a fine, cool, purity of fruit. Stylish, minerally and textured, with fairly dense but crisp fruit, all well balanced. Gently supple, with lovely underlying structure.
As a fourth growth, it normally doesn't get much attention from me. In the past few yrs, this label has slipped my radar coz Chinese loved this label due to the Dragon boat on the label, thus price gone berserk and I say it's overpriced and the quality shouldn't be that great. Man, I was so wrong! After trying the really superb 53, the dense & structured 89, and now the balanced & bold 88, I hv changed my opinion on this label to be one of the best 4th growth out there, more like .