By Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Saint-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe 2017

Technical Details
Grape Varieties: 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

Producer Details
Owner: Becot Family
Consulting Oenologist: Laboratoire Rolland
Second Wine: Petit Becot

Vineyard Details
Location: On the plateau to the west of Saint-Emilion
Terroir: Clay-asteria limestone
Plant Density: 6,600 plants/ha
Average Age of Vines: 45 years
Average Yield: 37 hl/ha
Harvest Dates: Merlot from 14th to 22nd of September, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon on 28th and 29th of September 2017

Vineyard Management
Bordelaise pruning with two main branches. Leaf-stripping on the sunset side. Light crop thinning. Hand picking with a selection on sorting tables.

Vinification
Plot-by-plot vinification. Manual punching-down. Alcoholic fermentation in 70 hl temperature-controlled stainless reverse conic steel vats. Gentle and progressive extractions, use of infusion methods. Maceration is protected from air and oxidation with an immersed cap of skin. Integral vinification in 600-liter oak barrels. Vatting period of 30 days. Aged 16 months, 65% in new barrels, 35% in aging vats, amphora, and oak casks of 20 hl.

Service
Serving Temperature: 17 to 19 degrees C
Aging Potential: Drink between 2025 and 2045
Food Pairings: Breast of duck with fresh figs, beef tournedos Rossini, pasta tagliatelle with morels sauce, hard cheeses, strawberry Charlotte
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2017 Beau-Sejour Becot
Producer: Beau-Sejour Becot
From: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Proprietary Blend
Rating: 96+
Reviewed by: Lisa Perroti-Brown
Issue Date: 16th Mar 2020
Source: March 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2024 - 2053
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Beau-Sejour Becot sails out of the glass with pronounced black cherries, kirsch, baked plums and boysenberries scents plus nuances of bay leaves, star anise and pencil shavings with a waft of roses. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers bags of juicy black fruits with a firm backbone of rounded tannins and bold freshness, finishing with great length and purity.

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot 2017 Saint-Emilion
Rating: 95
Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend
Appellation: Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Winery: Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Alcohol: 14.00%
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Category: Red
Importer: Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Date Published: 3/1/2020
Reviewed by: Roger Voss
Freshness blends with a solid tannic structure in this ripe wine. It gives the wine a lift and succulent berry flavors and acidity. That combines with the dry core to promise great aging for a wine that should be ready to drink from 2024.

2017 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Points: 94
Layers of lusciously textured, dark red fruits, licorice, smoke, black cherries, plums and spice create the perfume. Soft and silky in texture, with ample concentration, lengthy freshness and complexity, this is a very good wine, especially for the vintage.
Tasted May 17, 2020

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot St.-Emilion 2017
Score: 94
Wine Type and Color: Red Still
Magazine Issue: March 31, 2020
Region: France / Bordeaux / St.-Emilion
Primary Grape: Merlot
Other Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Plush and warm in feel, with velvety plum sauce, raspberry reduction and cherry preserve flavors cruising along, lined with graphite and anise details. A racy edge is buried on the finish, showing a touch of floral lift. Very suave. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2022 through 2037.

2017 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Producer: Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Location: France, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion
Color: Red
Rating: 93+
Tasting Date: 2/26/2020
Maturity: 2024 - 2044
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: 2017 Bordeaux From Bottle
Deeply colored, the 2017 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot checks in as 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon that was 50% destemmed and aged in 65% French oak. This classic, elegant 2017 reveals a deep ruby/purple hue as well as plenty of black cherry and mulberry fruits, solid complexity in its salty minerality, dried flowers, iron, and spice aromatics, medium to full body, a bright spine of acidity, and outstanding length. It doesn't have the flesh or richness of the 2016 (or 2018) yet is classic, pure, incredibly precise, and long. This beautiful wine will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for 15-20 years.

CHATEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT ST.-EMILION 2017
Friday, January 10, 2020
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2017
Score: 93
Some handy depth to the nose here with quality fruit that’s evenly ripened. Rich aromas of mulberries lead to similar flavors on the very smooth, juicy and supple palate with plenty of fine tannins. Drink or hold.

CHATEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2017
Rating: 93
Drink: 2023-2036
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Editor: J. D'Angelo
Issue: January, 2020
The 2017 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot is excellent. It opens to inviting aromatics of fresh blackberries and currants which are woven together with tobacco, herbs, licorice, spices, espresso and earthy nuances that all take shape beautifully in the glass. On the palate this possesses a medium-plus body and is beautifully structured with polished tannins and silky mouthfeel ending with wonderful freshness through the finish. Composed of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot, St-Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classe B, 2017
Tasted by: Jane Anson (at Primeur week tastings in Bordeaux, 08 Apr 2018)
Part of Top St-Emilion 2017 wines
Points: 93
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2040
Producer: Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot
Vintage: 2017
Wine Type: Still
Colour: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sweetness: Dry
Closure: Cork
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
This has sweet brambly fruit, tight dark chocolate and liquorice through the body of the wine, giving way to uplift on the finish from a mouthwatering juicy slate texture that speaks of the limestone. The oak is evident but smoky and enjoyable, and this is a good quality wine, easily living up to its En Primeur promise and reflecting the work done at this property over the last few years.

2017 Beau-Sejour-Becot
Producer: Beau-Sejour Becot
Place of Origin: France, Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe "B", St. Martin De Mazerat, Bordeaux
Color: Red
Importer/Producer: beausejour-becot.com
Rating: 92
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2037
From: 2017 Bordeaux - Mirror, Mirror on The Wall… (Mar 2020)
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni on December 2019
The 2017 Beau-Sejour-Becot is attractive, but it is also very much a wine of the old guard here. There is good depth and resonance, but not the detail or expansiveness that is the norm these days. Pretty floral and spice overtones add lovely aromatic presence to this pliant, open-knit Saint-Emilion.

Ch Beau-Sejour Becot 2017 St-Emilion
Producer: Ch Beau-Sejour Becot
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Colour: Red
Score: 16.5/20
When to drink: 2024 - 2040
Published on: 4 Oct 2021
Date tasted: 15 Sep 2021
Reviewer: Tom Parker MW
Tasted blind. Deep ruby colour. Seductively sweet fruit on the nose without excess. Very pure. Lovely chalky depth in structure to begin, matching notes of graphite and red fruit. This becomes a touch dry towards the finish, with notes of cedar and arresting tannins pinching the length. It may settle and improve with time. (TP)