2016 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Emilion, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Merlot
Ready - youthful
- Neal Martin MW
- 93-95/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 94/100
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 16/20
- James Suckling
- 98-99/100
Product: 20168109815
Description
The 2016 Beauséjour Bécot has a sensual bouquet of pure red cherries and crushed strawberry laced with cedar and light graphite scents. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and well-judged acidity. The finish is harmonious and somehow just effortless. This actually reminds me of its neighbour, Château Canon. Could the 2016 represent the best Beauséjour Bécot ever made? Quite possibly.
Drink 2022 - 2050
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (January 2019)
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Merlot
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Beau-Séjour Bécot
Critics reviews
Neal Martin MW 93-95/100
The 2016 Beau-Sejour-Becot is a blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon cropped at 40 hectoliters per hectare, picked between 3-20 October. It has a very pure and precise bouquet, pure with joyful black cherries, blackcurrants, cedar and incense that is beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very well balanced, sensual and lively with a gentle, caressing finish of cedar and tobacco. There is good structure here, a Saint Emilion that should age with style. This continues the upswing of Beau-Sejour-Becot. - Neil Martin - Wine Advocate #230, April 2017
Jane Anson MW 94/100
Right on the limestone plateau, this has a lovely delivery of extremely ripe black fruits dotted through with minerality and little pulses of electricity. Extremely successful, this will age well thanks to elongated tannins that are chalky in all the right places. Again, we have this slight austerity on the finish, a reminder than 2016 is not the right bank party we saw in 2015, but this is excellent with such a beautiful balance.Drinking Window 2027 - 2050 jane_anson_mw - Decanter.com - April 2017
Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Deep crimson. Smooth and ripe. No rough edges. Until a sort of dry Marmite finish (love it or hate it). Cool, light end. Rather a lack of fruit intensity on the mid palate. jancis_robinson_mw - 13th April 2017
James Suckling 98-99/100
Is this the twin brother of the amazing 2015? We will see. What a superb density and richness with bright and intense tannins that are buttressed with fresh acidity. Beautiful finish. james_suckling - April 2017
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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