{"product_id":"chateau-beau-sejour-becot-1er-grand-cru-classe-b-2022","title":"Chateau Beau Sejour Becot: Premier Grand Cru Classe B 2022","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"rating__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerlot 76%, Cabernet Franc 22%, Cabernet Sauvignon 2%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePurchased twice in OHK directly from France en Primeur. Later became James Suckling’s Wine of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack cherry, cassis without sugar. A stylish straightforward flow, fine licorice underneath, nothing sweet. Belongs to the Saint-Émilions of the vintage that have taken this new path of elegance. Great joy in its playful, Burgundian style! The palate is playfully delicious, yet again very refined. What Beychevelle represents for Saint-Julien, Bécot can represent with Pavie Macquin and others for Saint-Émilion. So playful, so fine, so delicate! The tannins are silky, the whole dances and ends in a wonderful finish. In eight to ten years, a top Burgundy value.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat a beauty, very chic!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yearreport__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yearreport__header rating__header\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"caption\"\u003eVintage Report\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMost winemakers compare 2022 to 2018, but 2022 was mostly noticeably more concentrated and richer in fruit, more vibrant, creamier, and despite the extreme richness surprisingly fresh, silky, and harmonious, also reminiscent of the dream year 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yearreport__content rating__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2022 is not as extremely spicy as the blockbuster year 2019 and not quite as delicately nuanced as 2020. Experienced winemakers rather speak of a clearly more perfect reincarnation of the vintages 1982, 1961, and 1949.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the driest summer in France since records began and overall the hottest year since 1947. Not as extreme and suddenly hot as 2003, but rather evenly warm promoting harmony and very dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter heavy rain in November and December 2021, the following months remained dry and warm. The vines could therefore slowly adapt to the dryness during an even flowering. The terroirs with the best water retention properties and very deep-rooted old vines could relatively easily use the winter and spring water reserves through the dry summer after an early and sunny flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRain only returned in June and then in the second half of August with 30 to 50mm. After that, it stayed sunny and dry with a long \"Indian Summer\" well into October and even November. Everyone could wait for the perfect harvest time, especially since there was no sugar-alcohol pressure due to summer stagnations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose with old vines and perfect terroirs who were spared from the increasingly frequent April frosts and the too frequent hailstorms of early summer could, especially as organic winemakers, rejoice in the complete absence of rot and fungal diseases. No one had to spray anything at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor organic winemakers with old vines and superb terroir, 2022 was therefore a perfect year never experienced before. Especially since over the past 10 extreme years, they have become accustomed to better adapted leaf and soil management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Emilion and Castillon’s limestone cliffs, Pomerol and Fronsac’s clay soils, and the thick gravel lenses of Médoc had hardly any worries with very old vine stocks except for the downside of slightly lower yields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Piemont Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56918917415294,"sku":"CBSB-PGC-2022","price":110.82,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3474\/7428\/files\/Beau-SejourBecot_2022_OHK.png?v=1772730472","url":"https:\/\/www.piemont-express.de\/en-eu\/products\/chateau-beau-sejour-becot-1er-grand-cru-classe-b-2022","provider":"Piemont Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}