Chateau Beau-Séjour Bécot

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot is located on the limestone plateau of St. Martin, west of the town of Saint-Émilion. It is one of the two parts of the former Château Beauséjour, which was divided in 1869.

Vines have been cultivated here since the Gallo-Roman times, and it is no wonder that the ownership of the land has changed hands many times over the centuries. Among its owners were the monks of St. Martin de Mazerat, the Gères family, Figeac, de Carle, Ducarpe, Fagouet, and since 1969, the current owners, the Bécot family. The original name was Domaine de Peycoucou, and the name Beauséjour has been used since 1787, with its current form established in 1979 when the vineyards were expanded. Due to this expansion (adding 4.5 hectares of the adjacent parcel of Ch. Trois Moulins with the Grand Cru Classé status), Beau-Séjour Bécot was removed from the 1er Grand Cru Classé list in the subsequent classification, only to return in 1996.

The vineyard covers 22 hectares, and the average age of the vines is around 45 years. Some Merlot vines are even older than 70 years. Vinification combines both traditional and modern approaches; malolactic fermentation takes place in barrels, and micro-oxygenation is also used.