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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 159 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Ericsson on 4/14/2024 & rated 94 points: Bouteille et bouchon en parfait état.
Ouvert 4 heures avant puis dégusté durant 3 heures.
Grosse variété d’arômes, cerises, cassis, épices douces, coco, fumée.
La bouche est structurée avec pas mal de tanins mais bien équilibrée, soyeuse et longue.
À 1/4 de siècle, le vin est totalement à son apogée et devrait y rester quelques années encore.
Excellent. (134 views) | | | Tasted by VAGentleman on 1/12/2024 & rated 90 points: Quite ready, still vibrant. Lots of dark fruit, leather, bit of tobacco. Refined and integrated. Just not exceptional. (470 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 12/25/2023: Ink, leather and tobacco in the nose. Medium bodied. Despite mature aromas, plum and tobacco the bottle is more edgy and "dryer" than last time around, remaining fresh and earthy all the way to the finish. Possibly suboptimal condition of this bottle. In dubio no rating. (447 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/17/2023 & rated 98 points: Fully-mature and still going strong, the wine is soft, supple, creamy and effortlessly shows off its salty, chocolate-covered cherries, and red plums with ease in the perfume, and on the palate. This has developed well. But, if you want to know what’s really going on at Beau-Sejour Becot today, you need to taste some of the current vintages as they’ve upped their game and are producing the best wines in the history of the estate today! Drink from 2023-2030. (2160 views) | | | Tasted by cvst on 7/31/2023 & rated 92 points: mature with notes of dried fruit, herbs, leather and forest floor. Silky tannins. Best after about 2 hours in the open bottle. Maybe a bit tired but delicious nonetheless (936 views) | | | Tasted by funderwood10 on 7/23/2023 & rated 88 points: Solid, a little on the decline, merlot (875 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 12/18/2022 & rated 84 points: 16x Right Bank Bordeaux 1998: Almost 25 years later, it’s a great time to check in on the wines of the much lauded right bank vintage. All wines tasted single blind. A few observations: A) most wines showed quite open with a melted tannin structure, but still good tension across the board. B) The highlight was rather on the structural side (elegance and finesse in most wines), than on the aromatic depth side, which was limited, also due to… C) …the fact that there is limited tertiary expression yet. Most wines will need at least another 5 to rather 10 years to reach their peak. D) An average rating of 91.9pts in my book and 92.0pts for the group shows that despite a few highlights, the reception was mixed overall. E) Best wines today were Angelus (group average 94.9pts), Valandraud (94.4) and Cheval Blanc (94.0). I would put L’Evangile (rated 95pts) in the top category too but the group (average 92.6) was less enthusiastic.
TN: Oxidative, soy sauce and dark fruit driven nose, with herbs. The palate shows fresher with much less soy/oxi notes, but fine red berries and some earthy notes. Fine tannin structure, melted tannins, good freshness but overall this is a bit lean and light and clearly on a fast downhill path. Nothing to write home about.
Decanting: Decanted for 2-3 hours, that was a bit too long for this wine.
Group score: 85.1
Group rank: 15th out of 16 reds (2458 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 11/26/2022 & rated 84 points: Bordeaux Right Bank 1998 tasting (Essenz (Brugg)): Bordeaux right bank 1998 tasting. All wines were served single blind and were decanted several hours. The sample showed i/ generally healthy and structured wines, still quite primary with further aging potential; ii/ the overall performance was below expectations considering the repute of the vintage for the right bank (although this may be due to the very long aeration), iii/ top wine for me were 1. Valandrau (95), 2. L’Evangile (95), 3. Angélus (94) while for the group the ranking was 1. Angélus (94.9), 2. Valandrau (94.4), 3. Cheval Blanc (94.0). Complete list including group scores included in the tasting story.
Tasting note:
Ripe and rather concentrated red berry fruit, base notes of wet earth, elements of spice and dried flowers, but all blurred by notable beef juice aromas. There is just the last breaths of life left here. (1747 views) | | | Tasted by La Sprezzatura on 11/26/2022 & rated 89 points: 1998 Horizontal Bordeaux Right Bank Tasting (private) (Essen'z): All wines were tasted single blind and were decanted before tasting. 14 right bank bordeaux and 2 pirates. All wines were from the vintage 1998.
General observations:
Unfortunately, the tasting was below my expectations. The was no real "wow-effect" at any wines as I had with the left bank tasting 1982-1990 we had a year ago. So I had to find out, that, me, personally, I like more the aged left than the aged right banks. In the end, Ridge Montebello (pirate) ended even up being the wine of the night for me.
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TN:
on the bouquet sous-bois, sawdust, vegetabil, relatively evolved, seems on the decline
on the palate red and black fruits, rather straight forward, less evolved than on the nose, drying tannins medium, acidity medium, medium length (1416 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 10/22/2022 & rated 93 points: Subtle nose, of leather and tobacco. Medium bodied, well matured, complex, dense, with still fresh red fruit, cedar, tobacco, plum, some herbal notes and a menthol finish. Perfect now, and for another 3 years (at least). (1060 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 5/21/2022 & rated 93 points: Beautiful, subtles nose, of leather and tobacco. Medium bodied, well matured, multifaceted, with still fresh red fruit, yielding to cedar, tobacco, plum and some herbal notes. Fresh finish. Pleasure to drink, although for a Merlot year I expected a bit more muscle and less freshness in the finish. Drinks well now, for another 3-5 years. (1573 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 2/19/2022 & rated 90 points: Keller Ingo/Abi Duhr: Beautiful, subtles nose, of leather and tobacco. Medium bodied, well matured, multifaceted, with still fresh red fruit, yielding to cedar, tobacco, plum and some herbal notes. Fresh finish. Pleasure to drink, although for a Merlot year I expected a bit more muscle and less freshness in the finish. Drinks well now, for another 3-5 years. (1477 views) | | | Tasted by Lhyandrew on 12/5/2021 & rated 92 points: Beau-Sejour Becot 98
Slow ox 4 hours before serving
First hour into drinking the wine was very fragrant and open for business - with red fruits, tomato vines and leaves, grilled meats, and leather on the nose. The palette was very silky and tasted fresh with nice acidity. Fruit and savory elements were well balanced, with notes of cherries, raspberry and leather.
3rd hour into drinking, mint, eucalyptus, and licorices notes emerged. The palette gained weight and became more acidic, slightly tannic and grippy.
Overall a very enjoyable right bank! (1666 views) | | | Tasted by Lhyandrew on 11/20/2021 & rated 90 points: At home
Dinner with Chinese masterstock marinated goose
Slow ox 4 hours, then down to the decanter
Initially high acidity, medium plus tannins, decent red fruit. Nose initially muted. 2 hours-in in the decanter: palate becomes more rounded; acidity, tannins and fruit reaching closer to an equilibrium; Decent red fruits; hint of cigar box. This wine can age for a few more years. (1654 views) | | | Tasted by Tpety on 11/14/2021: I found this bottle to be correct. Tertiary notes present and this wine is in a good phase, but tiring. Fine tannin, cigar box, fine acidity and finish. Rated: very good. (1727 views) | | | Tasted by vinero on 11/3/2021 & rated 93 points: Very diverging opinions on this wine. I will join the fans. In my view the wine is quite developed with dominant tertiary notes, very powerfull and with a long fresh and tannic finish. Beautifull, but not everybodies style indeed. (1553 views) | | | Tasted by SGoenophile on 10/23/2021 & rated 92 points: Deep dark purple. Velvety, tannins resolved. Still fresh and youthful at 23 years. Aging well, but not much complexity here. Notes of soy and balsamic vinegar. Lacking the depth and richness one would expect for a much heralded right bank vintage. (1232 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 10/22/2021 & rated 82 points: What a disappointing wine. An abomination of the ridiculous “modern” movement in Bordeaux during the latter half of of the 1990’s and the 2000’s. I made the mistake of buying a case of this on release. Early bottles were lush and and somewhat fun. With age this wine has gone downhill and now is a total mess of oak tannin, tar and overripe plums. Yuck. Rich, plush wines can be wonderful and a joy yet over juiced wines just irritate. This is a poster child. No flaws (except philosophy) Down the drain. (82) (1392 views) | | | Tasted by SpenceP on 10/18/2021 & rated 92 points: The cork of this bottle was in beautiful shape. At first, this wine was all blackberries and smoke. But over the next two hours in the glass, leather, tobacco, spices, licorice, milk chocolate, and mint all take their turns. There's still quite a bit of gentle tannin. Initially the aftertaste is brief, but it lengthens and becomes quite pleasing with time. This wine is especially nice after about an hour in the glass, but all the phases are enjoyable. Really, a lovely wine. This is still a young wine, with at least 5 years and probably much more ahead of it, and it might well become more enjoyable with additional age (although I doubt that the objective score would get higher).
. (1301 views) | | | Tasted by kglis on 10/10/2021 & rated 83 points: 중간 자주빛에 림부분은 가넷빛으로 변해갔음
코에서는 약간의 붉은 과일향과 흙향 숲향등이 나타남
전반적으로 예전에 마셨던 같은 와인보다 좀더 과실의 힘이
느껴져서 먹기 괜찮았음
복합적인 향과 풍미를 느낄 수 있었던 와인 (1223 views) | | | Tasted by kglis on 6/30/2021 & rated 84 points: 검붉은 색깔을 보이며 빈티지의 느낌이 테두리에서 보이지 않음
올빈 특유의 코르크향 음습한 향이 나며 검은열매향과 체리향이 복합적으로 남
알콜이 그리 세지 않음에도 굉장히 달콤하고 탄닌이 중간 조금 이하로 굉장히 차분하 잡아주고 피니시에서는 오크 바닐라향이 많이 났음
좀더 마셔봐야겠음 (1553 views) | | | Tasted by jviz on 2/28/2021 & rated 92 points: The nose on this wine was fantastic. I thought it was a pretty compelling case study in 98 right bank. You had some mulled red plum and tomato leaf, red currant, but with a somewhat fresh, even sharp acidity. Tannins are not quite resolved, but that made it feel all the more youthful. Drink now and over the next 5 years (1991 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 2/28/2021 & rated 93 points: Second time having this, last 5yrs ago. This was servied blind and had me really confused (I swore it was sangiovese). But after spending some time with it it was surprisingly youthful with a bright crimson color. Mild tobacco and cedar notes with just a hint of herbal cab franc notes in a lush and enveloping palate. Despite the mostly resolved structure, seemed like it can continue to carry on for some time. 93-94 (1882 views) | | | Tasted by cos65 on 2/27/2021 & rated 92 points: sb
Medium mulberry ruby with a garnet rim.
Very soft opening, sweet and fresh, lowish alcohol and acid and tannins. Thought it was 10 years younger. Drinking beautifully right now (1659 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 11/15/2020 & rated 92 points: Nose: 92 Palate: 92 Tasted Blind. (2033 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, A Beautiful Stay: Beau-Séjour Bécot 1970-2015 (Apr 2018) (4/18/2018)
(Beau-séjour Bécot Beau-séjour Bécot Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/11/2006)
(Ch Beau-Séjour Bécot St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, May 2004
(Chateau Beau-Séjour Bécot St Emilion) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84
(Beau-Sejour-Becot Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text. | By Lyle Fass
Rockss and Fruit (4/26/2009)
(Beausejour-Becot) This started out promising ended in a disaster. There was a ripe nose with some loamy elements and strong minerality. Sure it was ripe on the palate but the wood seemed integrated and it was very juicy. But that lasted twenty minutes. Then the oak took over and the wine finished with increasingly bitter tannins until it was undrinkable and eventually poured out because it was so offensive. |
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About the Winery Beau-Sejour-Becot
Situated on the St Martin de Mazerat plateau, immediately to the west of the
old town, Beau-Séjour Bécot lies in the very heart of the Saint-Emilion
appellation area. Since Gallo-Roman times, the site has been devoted to
wine growing. The monks of Saint-Martin de Mazerat in the Middle
Ages, followed by the Gères, lords of Camarsac fostered this know-how
in their turn. In 1722 one of their descendants, Jeanne de Gères, brought
the Domaine de Peycoucou – the peak where the cuckoo sings – into the
estate of the Carles de Figeac family on her marriage. In 1787 General
Jacques de Carles, who wished to leave to posterity the memory of the
pleasure he had enjoyed in living there, renamed the estate Beau-Séjour.
Through sales and legacies - General Jacques de Carles was without
successors - Beau-Séjour eventually came into the possession in 1924 of
Doctor Jean Fagouet, who enlarged the vineyard, increasing its surface
area to 10.5 hectares (26 acres). Michel Bécot, born into a wine growing
family who had lived in Saint-Emilion since 1760 and owner of the
neighbouring Château La Carte since 1929, purchased the estate in 1969.
In 1979, the Bécot family further enlarged the estate with the purchase
of 4.5 hectares (11 acres) on the Trois Moulins plateau. The estate,
which then became known as Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, is today a
substantial 16.6-hectare (41-acre) holding on a perfectly uniform terroir.
Michel Bécot retired in 1985, turning over the management of the
Château to his two sons Gérard and Dominique.
About the Wine
"The wine is a blend of 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon - the grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel vats, and the wine is matured in oak barriques (50-70% new) for 18-20 months. The ubiquitous Michel Rolland is a consultant at Beau-Séjour Bécot and the wines, not surprisingly, are full-bodied, concentrated and rich with layers of seductive cassis-scented fruits and hints of smoky new oak." Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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