2011 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, 1er Grand Cru Classé St-Emilion
Dry, Red, Still
France
Leave 2016 – 2028 
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Tasting Note
This fabulous wine displays a delightfully perfumed nose of black berry and cherry fruit, rose and violet alongside herbal, menthol nuances. These aromas lead through onto the palate which is thickly set with taught tannins, balanced by excellent concentration and structure. There is a very fine flash of acidity which gives an extremely pleasing freshness and lift to the finish.
Region Details
Bordeaux is France's largest quality wine region, indeed producing almost as much wine as Australia. Its westerly position ensures a mild maritime climate, a long growing season and mild summers; rains in the autumn are the primary threat to the harvest, dampening expectations in around one year in three. Red wine predominates - indeed many white wine vines are being uprooted today - with Merlot the dominant variety. The region is dissected by the Gironde estuary, with on the Left Bank the district appellations of the Médoc and the Graves and on the Right Bank, those of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol amongst others. Sauternes is made in the south of the region. The notable red and sweet wines were classified in 1855 according to their then status. At that time not a single Pomerol or Saint-Emilion was deemed worthy despite their historic traditions, and only a single Graves wine. In the last few decades first Saint-Emilion and then Pomerol have become intensely fashionable, their usually small production guaranteeing a premium for scarcity.
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