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2021 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
Product: 20218109815
2021 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Merlot 85%, Cabernet Franc 13%, Cabernet Sauvignon 2%

Mildew was a challenge for Juliette Bécot and husband Julien, but their core vineyard team lives on-site so could manage it with constant supervision. The harvest lasted nearly a month, the team waiting for each plot to ripen perfectly. The winemaking leans towards non-intervention; the wine is aged in amphorae (20%) and barriques. It always seems to have a free-flowing style, understated yet building to a loose-limbed intensity. Wonderfully nuanced floral rose notes are underpinned by a cool iodine minerality. This is composed and elegant with a finish that grows in expression. Drink 2026-2042.

Our score: 17.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd, April 2022

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

About this wine

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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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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