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 | 2025 Ch. Beau Séjour Bécot - Saint Emilion 1er GCC | € 54,20 (€ 65,58) |
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Château Beau-Séjour Bécot behoort voor ons zonder twijfel tot de absolute hoogtepunten van de jaargang 2025. De kalkrijke ondergrond spreekt hier luider dan ooit en geeft de wijn een opmerkelijke combinatie van verfijning, spanning en diepgang. Het aroma opent verleidelijk met rijpe kersen, pruimen en viooltjes, gevolgd door subtiele toetsen van rozemarijn, witte peper en natte steen. In de mond is de wijn tegelijk fluweelzacht en energiek. Het sappige rode fruit wordt gedragen door een zilt-minerale ondertoon en een levendige fraîcheur die de wijn een haast Bourgondische finesse verleent. De tannines zijn zijdezacht, de textuur gepolijst en de afdronk lang, zuiver en krijtig. De assemblage van 80% Merlot en 20% Cabernet Franc levert een Saint-Émilion op die kracht niet zoekt in gewicht, maar in precisie en elegantie. Een wijn die nu al ontroert door zijn harmonie en die met flesrijping alleen maar aan complexiteit zal winnen. Voor liefhebbers van grote, terroirgedreven Bordeaux is dit een absolute aanrader. IN DE PERS 97-99 William Kelley - The Wine Advocate - robertparker.com (April 2026) The 2025 Beau-Séjour Bécot continues this estate's brilliant run of vintages with what will surely number among their finest to date. A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, this compelling wine opens in the glass with a pure and incipiently complex bouquet of dark berries and plums mingled with floral accents of iris and lilac. Medium- to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit, sweet tannin and a bright spine of animating acidity, it concludes with a long, mineral finish. Beau-Séjour Bécot's limestone terroir is front and center in the glass. 94-96 Neal Martin - vinous.com (April 2026) The 2025 Beau-Séjour Bécot was picked from September 5 to 12 for the Merlot and September 17 and 18 for the Cabernet Franc, which represents 20% of the blend due to new plantings that are reorientated north-south instead of east-west. Proprietor Juliette Bécot told me that yields were 32 hl/ha, mainly due to the initiation florale; they conducted a long 15-day cold maceration and used 50% new barrels, 37% Foudres and the remainder in used barrel and amphora, malo done in vat. The nose takes a few minutes to open in the glass. Mineral-rich black and red fruit, clearly limestone-driven, touches of graphite and briny scents emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid red fruit, mainly raspberry with some white-tipped strawberry. Like others, the limestone really comes through in this wine that could almost be described as "rocky". Linear and correct on the finish, again, it will gain more flesh during its barrel maturation and it will become an extremely fine and classy Saint-Émilion. 13.4% alcohol. Drink 2032 - 2058. 98-100 Antonio Galloni - vinous.com (April 2026) The 2025 Beau-Séjour Bécot has all the requisites to take its place alongside the 2022 and the other extraordinary wines of 2025. Aromatic and layered, with striking presence, the 2025 is majestic. Deep, dark red fruit, pomegranate, mint, chalk, white pepper, rose petal and lavender soar from the glass. Bright saline notes drive through the mid-palate and into a finish marked by intense fruit and vibrant minerality. The purity here is just off the charts. Yields were 32 hectoliters per hectare. The 2025 saw a cold soak of 15 days followed by another 27 days or so on the skins, on the longer side for Bordeaux. Blending is done before the wines see oak. There are good wines, exceptional wines, and then emotional wines. Beau-Séjour Bécot falls into the third category. Unforgettable. Tasted two times. Drink 2033-2065. 97-98 James Suckling - jamessuckling.com (Mei 2026) A medium-bodied red with a very salty and bright character and a lovely, silky texture. It’s round, polished and intense. Superb finish of mineral and iron undertones. Racy and refined. A unique wine with a texture like a great Burgundy. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc. 97-99 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com (Mei 2026) Sporting a stunning deep purple hue, the 2025 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot reveals cassis, graphite, liquid violets, and black raspberry on the nose, with a liquid rock-like minerality that speaks to this brilliant terroir. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, has ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. It brings remarkable richness, polish, and depth alongside that classic sense of purity and minerality that this château consistently delivers today. 99 Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider Beau-Sejour Becot has been on fire lately, and the 2025 shows why. Concentrated, lusciously textured, creamy, and fresh, the wine delivers an intensity of fruit and a surreal sense of purity that hits all your pleasure buttons. The finish is all about its nonstop, seamless layers of velvety fruit that coat your palate as they linger for over 60 seconds. The wine is aged in 50% new French oak barrels, along with foudres and amphora. The wine blends 78% Merlot with 22% Cabernet Franc. 13% ABV, 3.5 pH. The harvest took place September 25 - October 4. Drink 2030-2060. 96 Georgie Hindle - decanter.com (April 2026) An ethereal wine from Beau-Séjour Bécot this year. Fragrant blackcurrants and black cherries. High energy from the get go, this has such verve and focus from the start with a zing in the mouth; juicy, succulent, gorgeous and friendly. Generous in terms of sweet, juicy acidity, mouthwatering but soft and creamy so you get a wide mouthfeel. Tannins perfectly placed, nicely supportive but not intrusive. Layers of fresh red fruits, a little touch of salinity on the finish, crunchy cranberries with a soft lick of salt wet stones. I love the precision – the real tension but not at all too tart or austere. There’s such a soft element that makes this really approachable. Very purity, pristine and clear – a real sensation of the limestone. 3.40pH. A yield of 32hlha. Ageing 37% oak casks. Drink 2032-2048. Beau Séjour BécotBeau Séjour Bécot bezit heel precies 17ha 24a 23 ca argilo-calcaire op het plateau in het Westen van Saint Emilion. We spreken over 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, en 5% Cabernet Sauvignon die gemiddeld 45 jaar oud waren in 2018 en aangeplant zijn op een densiteit van 6.600 wijnstokken per hectare. De familie Bécot is eigenaar sinds de jaren 1960. Juliette Bécot en Julien Barthe staan sinds 2018 alleen aan het roer en worden bijgestaan door de steroenoloog van het moment: Thomas Duclos. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||