
Château Beychevelle is a 4th Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Julien which extends over 250 hectares, about 90 of which are planted with vines. The rest of the estate is made up of meadows, pine, poplar, ash and walnut forests. The vines are 30 years old on average with 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.
Château Beychevelle takes its name from the Gascon "Bêcha vêla" which means "Lower sail", sign of allegiance and mark of respect that boats had to mark when passing in front of the estate in the early 17th century when the owner was the first Duke of Épernon, Jean-Louis Nogaret de la Valette, Grand Admiral of France. The Château also took its emblem from it, a ship with a griffin's prow. It was built in 1565 by Bishop François de Foix-Candale. It was headed by the Dukes of Epernon, the Marquis de Brassier, the Heine family and the Achille-Fould family until 1986. Château Beychevelle now belongs to Grands Millésimes de France and is managed by Aymar de Baillenx.
Among the famous anecdotes about Château Beychevelle, we note that of Beychevelle 1964, one of the most beautiful successes of this vintage in the great châteaux of the Médoc. Indeed, while Beychevelle had just finished the early harvest, downpours fell on the vineyards of Saint-Julien and the Médoc, and destroyed the grapes left on the vines in many of the great Bordeaux châteaux.
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