| Beau-Séjour Bécot 2006 • July 2007 | BEAU-SÉJOUR BÉCOT
1st Great Classified Growth
2006 Vintage
Appellation:
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 1st Great Classified Growth B.
Situation:
On the plateau to the west of Saint Emilion, in the ancient parish of Saint Martin de Mazerat.
Surface area:
15.92 hectares (39.33 acres).
Soils:
Asteria limestone and clay.
Density of plantation:
6,600 plants per hectare.
Grape varieties:
- 70% Merlot
- 24% Cabernet Franc
- 6% Cabernet Sauvignon
Average age of the vines:
37 years
Vineyard management:
- Bordelaise pruning, with two canes (M. Cordeau)
- Leaf thinning carried out twice
- Crop thinning
- Hand picking with three stages in the sorting of the grapes
(two sortings before de-stemming and one after).
Yield:
38 hectolitres per hectare
Vinification:
- Date of picking : Merlot, from the 21st to the 27th September – Cabernets, 2nd and 3rd October, 2006
- 80 hectolitre capacity temperature controlled stainless steel vats
- Plot by plot vinification
- Manual punching down of the cap of skins
- Vatting period of 42 days
- Malo-lactic fermentation in new barrels
Ageing:
16 to 18 months with racking into barrels by gravity and malo-lactic fermentation in barrel (80% new oak barrels).
Production in 2006:
604 hectolitres, making 80,000 bottles, 6,700 cases of 12.
Owners: Gérard and Dominique Bécot
Consultant oenologist: Jean-Philippe Fort
Second wine:
Tournelle de Beau-Séjour Bécot
Contact
Château Beau-Séjour Bécot - 33330 Saint-Emilion
Tel: +33 (0) 557 744 687 – Fax: +33 (0) 557 246 688
E-mail: contact@beausejour-becot.com
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