Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot 2020

A renowned Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé with expressive aromas of blackberry, black cherry, violet, licorice, and graphite. Silky tannins, vibrant freshness, and remarkable precision create an elegant, age-worthy Bordeaux with exceptional depth and a lingering finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with beef tenderloin, roast lamb, duck breast, venison, truffle dishes, aged Comté, or wild mushroom risotto.

97 Points - James Suckling

This has a fantastic finish with crushed blackberries and raspberries and salt undertones. It’s full-bodied, yet really racy and polished with such fine, intense tannins. Love the length to this. Very distinguished and toned. Excellent energy. 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon.

97 Points - Vinous

The 2020 Beau-Sejour Bécot is a dense, powerful wine. A rush of black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and sweet oak builds as this towering, vertically explosive Saint-Émilion opens in the glass. This is an especially broad, expansive Saint-Émilion, much of that attributable to the clay in these soils. The 2020 is magnificent in its intensity and overall volume. Superb. – Antonio Galloni

95 Points - Decanter

Velvety rich deep blue fruits, this is powerful and measured, fruit-forward and yet subtle, layered blueberry and raspberry with smoked almonds and mocha on the finish. Sleek and finessed fruit flavours, a sense of forward motion from beginning to end and a burst of freshly-grated minerality on the finish. Extremely good quality. This is the second to last vintage in the new cellar, before building a new cellar for the 2023 vintage. They have done a lot of work in the vineyards studying the terroir to understand how smaller sectors and zones within each plot react, and this work of studying the plots will help to inform the new cellar. Harvest September 8 to September 29. pH 3.5. A yield of 42 hl/ha. Aged 16 months with 65% in new oak barrels and 35% in vats, amphoras and 20 hl oak tanks.

95 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

A brilliant wine that's up with the finest to date from this incredible terroir, the 2020 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot checks in as 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. Revealing a vivid purple hue as well as a drop-dead gorgeous nose of black raspberries, cassis, violets and a liquid rock-like sense of minerality, it’s medium to full-bodied and concentrated, with ultra-fine tannins and perfect balance. This beauty deserves 4–5 years of bottle age and will evolve gracefully over the following two decades or more. Don't miss it.

95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

A terrific performance for an estate on a continuing upward trajectory, the 2020 Beau-Séjour Bécot unwinds in the glass with a deep bouquet of cherries and blackberries mingled with violets and spices. Medium to full-bodied, pure and layered, it's deep and concentrated, with a vibrant core of fruit, polished tannins and a long, sapid finish. The 2020 is a blend of 85% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, some two-thirds of which was matured in new oak, with the balance in tanks, amphorae and foudres.

94 Points - Wine Spectator

Very expressive, with cassis, cherry purée and plum pâte de fruit notes leaping to the fore with good energy, while violet, red tea, savory and sanguine details add range and guile through the stylish finish. It's not easy to capture such freshness in this vintage like this version does. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2026 through 2038.