Château Beau-Séjour Bécot - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/2015

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. (94+)

La Revue du Vin de France

16 / 20

the10/20/2014

Début de notes d'oxydation et de volutes de tabac brun sec ainsi que de raisin cuit. La bouche, crémeuse en attaque, s'allonge finement sur les épices.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byNeal Martinthe6/29/2009

Tasted single blind at Southwold. A deep ripe oaky, plum and dark cherry nose with a fine sense of mineralité and developing attractive peony aromas. Good definition. The palate is ripe and sweet on the entry, supple middle with moderate acidity, well-knit oak leading to black plum and crème de cassis on the oaky finish. Unbalanced at the moment, but a couple of years should witness this Becot meld together. Better than its primeur showing suggested. Drink 2012-2020+ Tasted January 2009.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

92 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2008

Good ruby-red. Very ripe but lively aromas of kirsch, licorice, bitter chocolate, nuts and violet. Dense and sweet but vibrant, with a medicinal reserve and terrific grip to the superripe fruit and bitter chocolate flavors. Wonderfully rich, pliant wine with late-arriving tannins and a terrific spine for a slow evolution in bottle. Much more tightly wound today than the Becot family's La Gomerie, but there's plenty of fat fruit lurking.

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe5/7/2008

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+.

Wine Spectator

92 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe2/22/2008

Jancis Robinson

17 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe11/21/2007

Very dark - black core and deep purple rim .Sweet, smoky and very ripe black fruit. Tannins dry firm and fresh and already silky - very attractive.

Wine Advocate

93-95 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe5/3/2007

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.

Wine Advocate

92-95 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/27/2006

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.

Wine Advocate

92-95 / 100

the4/1/2006

While there was some variation with this wine on the three separate occasions I tasted it, it is unquestionably a spectaculareffort as well as one of the finest Beau Séjour-Bécots made by proprietor Gérard Bécot. The natural alcohol came in just under15%, and the blend of 70% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon was cropped at 35 hectoliters perhectare. Despite the wine's massiveness, intensity, and powerful, full-bodied flavors that coat the palate, there is remarkablefreshness, 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 inthe mid-nineties if everything goes as well as i suspected it should.Anticipated maturity: 2012-2028

Decanter Magazine

18,5 / 20

the4/1/2006

Very elegant Saint-Emilion. Good integration of oakiness, ample body, velvety texture, with typical touch of smokiness inbuiltin the flavour, deftly integrated tannins, excellent overall balance. A classic of the vintage.Drink from 2015.