2024 Beau-Sejour-Becot

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Ruby red colour, vivid reflections, chewy character not just to the tannins but to the fruit, this is on the cool and slim side of the vintage, rose buds, peonies, but with real finesse and character, and excellent texture that keeps focus and interest through the palate, 90-100m on the plâteau, with underground limestone cellars down to 11m. Thomas Duclos consultant. Harvest 25 September to 4 October, latest harvest for Merlot in past 40 years, finishing up this grape on October 3. 3.4 pH 32 hl/ha. Cabernet Franc has been slowly increasing in the vineyard and in the blend of the 1st wine.
92/100 Jane Anson

(Saint-Émilion; 78% Merlot; 22% Cabernet Franc, after recent replanting to increase the proportion with young massal-selection Cabernet Franc; a final yield reduced by densimetric sorting – from 42 hl/ha on picking to 32 hl/ha after sorting; pH 3.42; 13.1% alcohol; tasted at the property with Julien Barthe). The hydric stress at the end of the summer here was actually higher even than in 2020. The phenolic maturity was present early (by early September), but what was delayed was the aromatic ripeness – which came later, accelerating towards the picking date. Late harvested, even with the risk of botrytis, hence the need for drastic selection. This is very true to its style and very much on the qualitative plateau set by recent vintages. Tension, freshness and minerality. This is creamy, rich and quite broad-framed for this vintage on the plateau. Black berry and bramble. Blackcurrant and white current leaf, a hint of blueberry too from the Cabernet Franc. Sage and bay leaf. Maybe a little thyme. This is lovely texturally, with quite a dense spherical core whose perimeters are set and outlined like the pencil strokes of an artist by the crumbly tannins. There’s lots of salinity, even a touch of oyster shell, on the finish.
92-94/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. Waltzes out with showy scents of black cherries, raspberry coulis, and red currant jelly, leading to hints of lavender oil, black olives, and fragrant earth. The light to medium-bodied palate is subtle and racy with silky tannins and a savory lift on the finish.
93-95/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent