Saint-Émilion · vintage 2003
Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2003
Ageing potential20 years and more
Why this vintage
- The 2003 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionThe heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol.
- Ageing potential20 years and more
- Limited production56 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2003 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: The heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2003 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 24 % Cabernet franc
- 6 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2003 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 80 % merlot, 20 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2003 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 31 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
- 56,000 bottlesProduction
Label
Winemaking
Harvest dates: Merlots: 13 to 17 September, Cabernets: 25 and 26 September 2003 - 80 hl temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, - Plot-by-plot selection, - Manual punch-downs, - Vatting time of 30 days, - Malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Ageing
Ageing: 16 to 18 months - 85% in new barrels
Terroir
The estate covers 15.92 ha and produces around 56,000 bottles a year. The soil is particularly suited to producing a wine of very high quality. It is characterised by a high concentration of clay-limestone with starfish fossils (calcaire à astéries) and is also hollowed out by galleries where the wines are stored. The vineyard is planted 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, with vines averaging 40 years of age. Yields range between 30 and 38 hl/ha.
An offer on Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2003
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
Texts and documents 2003
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.