Château Beau-Séjour Bécot
The Château Beau- Séjour Bécot is a French winery and is located in the district of Saint -Émilion. Among the local goods as it belongs to Premier Grand Cru Classé B the second highest classification level, see also the article Bordeaux wine (classification).
The vineyards of Beau- Séjour Bécot have a good location on the limestone plateau of Saint- Émilion. The winery has a vineyard area of 16.5 hectares; the average age of the vines is 35 years. The current planting is 70 % Merlot, 24 % Cabernet Franc and 6 % Cabernet Sauvignon.
The wines of Beau- Séjour Bécot have become better constant since the mid- 1980s. The estate had been in 1985 but downgraded to basic area of acquisitions of Premier Grand Cru Classé B Grand Cru Classé in 1996 and got the chance to Wiederaufstufung; the good she used too. The wines are full-bodied and rich. This results from the Gutsentscheidungen to read only very ripe grapes and to use a high proportion of new barrels for wine stabilization. This reflects not least the influence of the advisory oenologist Michel Rolland.
The output is in normal years, about 70,000 bottles. The wine of 2005 is the best of the past three decades and is rated 94 Parker points. Even the wine of the year 2000 did with 93 points to the potential of the material. Parker advises indirectly on wines this good before 1985, since it does not leave his opinion, the level of the 70 points.
History
In the Middle Ages the monks of the Abbey of Saint -Martin farmed the vineyards of Beauséjour. Later it came into the possession of Geres family. Through marriage, acquired in 1722 Francois de Carle, the owner of Château Figeac, the still undivided Beauséjour. Due to need of money sold Armand de Carle - Trajet 1823 Beauséjour to a gentleman named Trocquart. In 1847 he sold it to his cousin Pierre -Paulin Ducarpe, it aufteilte 1869. The subsequent owners each have their names attached to the château. From the split-off part of the Château Beauséjour Duffau - Lagarrosse arose. After the doctor Jean Fagouet, who acquired the current Beauséjour - Bécot 1924, it was first called Beauséjour - Fagouet. 1954 was classified as Premier Grand Cru Classé B, the quality of the wine, however, remained below its potential.
In 1969 he sold to Michel Bécot, which already belonged to the neighboring Château La Carte. This immediately invested large sums. The vineyards received new drainage, the winery was equipped with stainless steel tanks, and a large barrel cellar was built. He built his own property, and in 1979 acquired Château Les Trois Moulins in the production of Beauséjour - Bécot. This measure met with those responsible for the classification of displeasure. Both had so far only produced Saint -Emilion Grand Cru, even if their documents of the Grand Cru Classé which were equivalent. In the regular revision Beauséjour - Bécot was therefore withdrawn from 1985, the " Premier " status. In the same year Michel Bécot retired. Under the leadership of his sons Gérard and Dominique Château yet increased his efforts. 1996, they were rewarded with the promotion back to the Premier Class of Grands Crus Classé, and 2006 this status was confirmed. Since 2001, the brothers of Juliette Bécot are supported.