Saint-Émilion · vintage 2016
Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2016
Ageing potential2025 - 2045. Serving temperature: 15-20°C.
Why this vintage
- The 2016 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone.
- Ageing potential2025 - 2045. Serving temperature: 15-20°C.
The 2016 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone.
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 2016 vintage
- 80 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2016 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 2016 sheet
- 40 hl/haYield
- 45 yrsVine age
- 72,000 bottlesProduction
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Winemaking
Plot-by-plot selection.
Manual punch-downs.
Traditional alcoholic fermentation in 70 hl inverted conical vats, and whole fermentation in new 600-litre barrels.
Vatting time averages 32 days.
Malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Ageing
16 months (90% in new barrels, 10% in one-wine barrels).
Food pairings
Herb-grilled pork ribs, rib steak, duck breast with pepper, porcini risotto. Hard cheeses.
Terroir
On the western plateau of Saint-Emilion. Clay-limestone soils. Planting density: 6,600 vines/ha.
An offer on Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2016
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Texts and documents 2016
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Visuals
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