1985 Beychevelle

[Comte Flaneur]

In half bottle format. This was a beauty. Bricking orange. Autumn leaves with smokiness and still rich fruit with fine acidity. Fully mature but still a great spot.

A bottle we had in February was borderline corked. But this was a great bottle, which disappeared in a flash.

Thank you Joel

[Blanquito]

One of my favs, and very hard to find anymore except at extortionate rates (seemingly like many 85s these days).

[JoelD]

You're quite welcome, Ian. I'm glad it made it across the pond unscathed.

I've had great luck with that batch of 10 half bottles. I wish I could have more half bottles of wine, but they are hard to find, annoying to store and too easy to drink up. I don't see myself keeping my mitts off my 2019 half bottles for that long.