- Château Beau-Séjour Bécot has been released for £516 per 12×75.
- ‘In a word: magnificent’, said Antonio Galloni, awarding a score of 95-98 points.
- Buyers looking for value have several options among back vintages, including the 2018 and 2019.
NB – Neal Martin has not scored the 2022 vintage
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2023 has been released at €43.2 per bottle ex-négociant, down 24.2% on the 2022 release (€57).
It is being offered by the international trade for £516 per 12×75, a 27.1% decrease on the 2022’s opening price (£708 per 12×75).
Buyers looking for value have several options among back vintages, including the 2018 and 2019 vintages. See more pricing analysis below.
Critical response
According to William Kelley (The Wine Advocate), ‘the 2023 Beau-Séjour Bécot has turned out beautifully and looks likely to rival or surpass the brilliant 2022’. He awarded a barrel score of 96-98 points.
Jane Anson awarded the wine a score of 95 points, describing notes of ‘blueberry and damson fruit, with bitter cocoa bean and coffee, saffran and smoked dried herbs’.
‘I see a wine with more aromatic presence, greater precision and more refined tannins than any recent vintage I can recall. In a word: magnificent’, said Antonio Galloni (Vinous), awarding a score of 95-98 points.
By contrast, Neal Martin (Vinous) awarded a score of 92-94 points. He called the wine ‘classy and complex’, adding that it should ‘age with style’.
James Lawther MW (Jancis Robinson) called the wine ‘a clear-cut expression of the limestone terroir’, awarding 16.5/20 points.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) scored the wine 95-97+ points. In her tasting note, she describes aromas of ‘crushed plums, black raspberries, and Morello cherries, opening out to a delicate undercurrent of garrigue, crushed rocks, violets, cranberry sauce, and pencil shavings’.
Pricing analysis
While today’s release comes at a discount to last year’s, it is among the more expensive vintages on the market. For those interested in back-vintage opportunities, there are options available.
From a proven vintage, the 2019 may be a compelling alternative for buyers. Neal Martin awarded the wine a score of 95 points, his highest of the past decade. At a Market Price of £480, it is available at a 7.0% discount to today’s release.
The 2018 vintage may also present reasonable value to buyers. With 93 points from Neal Martin (the same as 2023), it is available at a 17.6% discount to today’s release and benefits from additional time in bottle.
Use our ready-made list to easily spot opportunities in back-vintages of Château Beau-Séjour Bécot and other Bordeaux wines.
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Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 620+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 20,000 wines.
