| Beau-Séjour Bécot 2003 • December 2004 | BEAU-SÉJOUR BÉCOT - 1st Great Classified Growth "B"
2003 Vintage
- Situation :
On the plateau to the west of Saint Emilion, in the ancient parish of Saint Martin de Mazerat.
- Surface area :
15.56 hectares (38.45 acres)
- Soil :
Asteria limestone
- Density of plantation :
6,200 plants per hectare
- Grape varieties :
- 70% Merlot
- 24% Cabernet Franc
- 6% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Average age of the vines :
35 years
- Vineyard management :
- Bordelaise pruning with two main branches (M. Cordeau)
- Leaf thinning carried out twice
- Crop thinning
- Hand picking with sorting of the grapes
- Average yield :
27 hectolitres per hectare
- Vinification :
- Date of picking : Merlot, from the 13th to the 17th September – Cabernets, 25th and 26th September 2003
- 80 hectolitre capacity temperature controlled stainless steel vats
- Plot by plot vinification
- Manual punching down of the cap of skins
- Vatting period of 30 jours
- Malo-lactic fermentation in new barrels (100% of the crop)
- Ageing :
The ageing process lasts from 16 to 18 months.
- 85% in new barrels
- 15% in second fill barrels
- Production in 2001
415 hectolitres, making 55,000 bottles.
- Owners :
Gérard and Dominique Bécot
- Consultant oenologist:
Laboratoire Rolland (Jean-Philippe Fort)
- Second wine :
Tournelle de Beau-Séjour Bécot
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