Saint-Émilion · vintage 2017
Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2017
Ageing potential2025 - 2045. Serving temperature: 17-19°C.
Why this vintage
- The 2017 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionFrost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.
- Ageing potential2025 - 2045. Serving temperature: 17-19°C.
The 2017 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.
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 2017 vintage
- 80 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2017 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 2017 sheet
- 37 hl/haYield
- 45 yrsVine age
- 85,000 bottlesProduction
Label
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 30 days.
Malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Gentle, slow extraction in infusion mode. Maceration protected from air and oxidation with the cap fully submerged.
Ageing
16 months, 65% in new barrels, 35% in ageing vats, amphoras and 20 hl oak casks.
Food pairings
South-West duck breast with fresh figs, tournedos Rossini, tagliatelle with morels, hard cheeses, strawberry charlotte.
Terroir
On the western plateau of Saint-Emilion. Clay-limestone soils. Planting density: 6,600 vines/ha.
An offer on Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2017
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Texts and documents 2017
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Visuals
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