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2019 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot
For laying down
Jane Anson MW
96/100
Product: 20198109815
2019 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 14.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Critics reviews

Jane Anson MW 96/100
Rich plum colour. This takes its time to open, is pretty subtle at first, but then explodes in juicy fruit. Clear salinity where you can feel the slate scrape of the limestone terroir, alongside well expressed aromatics with touches of peony flowers. Elegant and succulent. Second vintage with Jean de Cournuaud as technical director. A yield of 46hl/ha. 65% new oak, with a mix of barrels and 20hl casks. 3.77pH. Harvest 18-21 September, with all the Merlots in 3.5 days instead of the usual 11 days (and in fact stretched over one month in 2018), with just 20 minutes from picking to vat. Thomas Duclos consultant. jane_anson_mw, Decanter (May 2020)
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (May 2020)

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot has experienced some dramatic ups and downs in recent decades: it was classified a Premier Grand Cru Classé B in 1955, demoted in 1986 and promoted once again, as a Premier Grand Cru Classé B, in 1996.
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