2023 Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 6x75cl

Antonio Galloni 95-97

The 2023 Beau-Sejour Becot is fabulous. Rich, opulent and explosive to the core, the 2023 offers up a heady melange of dark red/purplish fruit, spice, lavender, rose petal, blood orange and bright saline notes. As always, Cabernet Franc plays an important role in shaping the aromatic and flavor profile. The 2023 is an absolute stunner. It s the first vintage made in the new cellar. That’s of course not enough of a track record to make any definitive assessments, but in the 2023, I see a wine with more aromatic presence, greater precision and more refined tannins than any recent vintage I can recall. In a word: magnificent. Tasted two times. [Antonio Galloni, 24/04/2024]

Anticipated maturity: 2031-2053

Wine Advocate 96-98

The first vintage produced in the estate’s highly functional new winery, the 2023 Beau-Sejour Becot has turned out beautifully and looks likely to rival or surpass the brilliant 2022. Unfurling in the glass with notes of raspberries, dark berries and minty cherries mingled with notions of iris, wisteria and lilac, it’s medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety, with a suave attack that prefaces a cool, complete core of fruit that’s pure, perfumed and mineral, concluding with a long, saline finish. It’s a blend of 77% Merlot and 23% Cabernet Franc that was harvested from September 7 to October 4, sub-block by sub-block. [William Kelley, 18/04/2024]

Anticipated maturity: 2030-2050