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Château Beychevelle Beychevelle 1985

LWIN 100710119850500750 · last updated

Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

88 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 86 from 3 critics
Community evidence
Community 90 from 23 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

Method wine_score_v2 · how we score

Region Vintage

We hold no region-vintage score for this appellation and year yet.

Not part of the Wine Score.

Drinking window

1990now 20262028
Good to open now. The window runs 1990 to 2028. Estimated — no published window for this wine. Modelled from held on the release record with no stated source.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£1,039£1,050

Median £87 · 2026-08

Our own summary of 2 offers at 2 merchants. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed — may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-08-15. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
5x75cl × 5£1,038£1,051£872,
7x75cl × 7£1,038£1,051£872,
8x75cl × 8£1,038£1,051£872,
12x75cl × 12£1,038£1,051£872,

Critic scores

  • 87/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown, William KelleyLisa Perrotti-Brown, William Kelley · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 87/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown, William KelleyLisa Perrotti-Brown, William Kelley · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 87/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown, William KelleyLisa Perrotti-Brown, William Kelley · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Scores on different scales are not interchangeable: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim, so we never average across scales.

5 further critic scores are not included at this tier.

Where to buy

Retail route

2 observations from 2 venues, £87–£88 per 750ml. A shelf price is transactable today, no bidding, no premium.

Live retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice per 750ml
Cru market · Source not recorded · £88per 750ml
Cru buy · Source not recorded · £87per 750ml

Auction route

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