A diary of tasting notes with a bit of commentary and background and occasional pictures by a wine enthusiast who's been learning about and enjoying fine wine since 1981. Focus on reds from Bordeaux, Rhone, Priorat (Spain), Douro (Portugal), Italy, Australia, California.
Please google Robert Entman if you want to know more. The picture at left shows 4 guys crushing grapes in a big vat (Douro Valley harvest, Portugal, 2008). I'm second from left in the white tee shirt.
Purchased in '92 or '93 in honor of Emily's birth year. Opened tonight with Francie's delicious lamb dinner and it was splendid. The nose was a bit more restrained than I might have expected, and perhaps this wine is now past its peak. A bit of a spicy/herbal mineral quality that would be more likely in a CA cab. However on the palate this was classic mature bordeaux, all the components in perfect harmony, the color classic mature brick red rim and quite light in the middle, hardly any purple left. The currant fruit played nicely against the acid with good body and tannins melted away, good finish. If only one could afford to drink 20 year old excellent bordeaux on a regular basis...92 points.
Parker: 89 points in a 1997 tasting, 91 previous to that:
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.
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