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Beausejour Becot 2005

St Emilion, Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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A beautiful wine from Beau-Séjour Bécot, the color of the 2005 is an opaque purple and the wine is loaded with notes of cedar wood, Asian spice, blackberry and cassis fruit. Full-bodied and tannic, but broad, huge, and massive, this wine is still an infant and needs another 7-10 years of cellaring. This is a 40- to 50-year wine from the Bécot family.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2075 30 June 2015

The bottled 2005 Beau Sejour Becot confirms that this is the finest effort from this estate in the thirty years I have been covering Bordeaux. A classic blend of 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, it is an intense, full-bodied St.-Emilion revealing notes of espresso roast, chocolate, blackberries, licorice, and truffles. With sweet but noticeable tannins, good acidity, and a powerful, long finish, this textbook St.-Emilion cuts a swath between the modern school of winemaking and the traditionalists. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2030+.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2015-2030 30 April 2008

Perhaps the finest wine this estate has made since I began my career nearly 30 years ago, the 2005 is a blend of 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon made from yields of 35 hectoliters per hectare. This is one of the few grand cru St.-Emilions that is available in reasonable quantities (6,000+ cases). Intense and rich with a tannic structure that suggests 5-7 years of cellaring will be necessary, it should keep for 25-30 years.

Score: 93 - 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2012-2037 30 April 2007

While there was some variation with this wine on the three separate occasions I tasted it, it is unquestionably a spectacular effort as well as one of the finest Beau Sejour-Becots made by proprietor Gerard Becot. The natural alcohol came in just under 15%, and the blend of 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon was cropped at 35 hectoliters per hectare. Despite the wine’s massiveness, intensity, and powerful, full-bodied flavors that coat the palate, there is remarkable freshness, definition, and lightness because of the vintage’s unusual combination of huge richness, incredible tannin levels, record breaking alcohol levels, and very good acids. This should turn out to be a profound St.-Emilion and may merit a score in the mid-nineties if everything goes as well as I suspect it should. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2028.

Score: 92 - 95

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2012-2028 30 April 2006

Fabulous aromas of crushed raspberry and lightly toasted oak. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a lovely, fruity finish with dark chocolate.

Score: 92 - 94

James Suckling, Wine Spectator 01 January 1900

Blueish purple. Lightly fragrant, even slightly blossomy. Quite gentle mellifluent texture. Well balanced and expressive. Fresh and refreshing. Not overdone - good, middle of the road 2005 St-Émilion. This one dances. Fresh and springlike.

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2014-2026 01 January 1900

70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc. A heady nose of plums and violets. Silky and extremely chocolatey On the palate with good red berry fruit intensity, this is very seductive with a double cream finish and serious length.

Score: -

Albany Vintners, - 01 January 1900