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![]() "Cwdjrx _" > wrote in message ... > Beychevelle 75 probably is as good as it ever will be, but it might last > a few more years. The harshness typical of many 75's has rounded, and > the balance of acid and tannin now is under control. The color still is > rather deep with only a slight bit of age showing around the rim. Many > of the Beychevelles from the 70s were quite decent, but not among the > top wines of that era. I still have fond memories of the 1974 Beychevelle, which at the time was ~$7US. I must have finished off at least a case, and very happily. When the 1975 came out, I tried a bottle with great expectation that it would be well worth the much higher price. It wasn't. In fact, I liked the 1974 better. :^( Tom S |
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![]() "Cwdjrx _" > wrote in message ... > Beychevelle 75 probably is as good as it ever will be, but it might last > a few more years. The harshness typical of many 75's has rounded, and > the balance of acid and tannin now is under control. The color still is > rather deep with only a slight bit of age showing around the rim. Many > of the Beychevelles from the 70s were quite decent, but not among the > top wines of that era. I still have fond memories of the 1974 Beychevelle, which at the time was ~$7US. I must have finished off at least a case, and very happily. When the 1975 came out, I tried a bottle with great expectation that it would be well worth the much higher price. It wasn't. In fact, I liked the 1974 better. :^( Tom S |
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The 1975 Beychevelle was, like many 75s, pretty much untouchable in it's youth.
It can now be most agreeable - a bottle I opened last month was probably the best I've had yet. I agree that it drinks well now, and there is no point in holding as it won't get any better. |
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