Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Wine has been made on the estate's plateau soils as far back as the Middle Ages, when local monks cultivated the vines. In 1869 the property was divided, forming Château Beauséjour-Duffau-Lagarrosse (the present-day Château Beauséjour) and the estate that became known as Château Beauséjour-Dr-Fagouet, later renamed Beau-Séjour Bécot. Juliette Bécot's father, Gérard, made the wines from 1967 until he retired in 2015.

• Vines cultivated by local monks on the plateau soils in the Middle Ages
• Property divided in 1869, also creating Château Beauséjour-Duffau-Lagarrosse (today's Château Beauséjour)
• Known as Château Beauséjour-Dr-Fagouet before being renamed Beau-Séjour Bécot
• Gérard, Juliette Bécot's father, made the wines from 1967 until he retired in 2015

Juliette Bécot's wine career began in 2001, working alongside her father, Gérard. She and her husband, Julien Barthe, oversaw the construction of a new cellar. As of March 2025, consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos had joined in 2017 and technical director Jean de Cournuaud in 2018.

• Juliette Bécot: wine career began in 2001 alongside her father, Gérard
• Julien Barthe: Juliette Bécot's husband; together they oversaw the new cellar
• Thomas Duclos: consulting winemaker since 2017
• Jean de Cournuaud: technical director since 2018

Wine Spectator gave the estate 54 acres of vines in 2025, much of which underwent replanting; Decanter's 2015 producer profile listed 16.52ha on chalk-fossils. The 2015 plantings were Merlot Noir 70%, Cabernet Franc 24% and Cabernet Sauvignon 6%.

• 54 acres of vines in 2025, much of it replanted
• 16.52ha on chalk-fossils in 2015
• 2015 plantings: Merlot Noir 70%, Cabernet Franc 24%, Cabernet Sauvignon 6%

The Saint-Émilion grand cru classification has existed since 1955 and is revisable every ten years. On September 8, 2022, INAO's Comité national des appellations d'origine relatives aux vins approved a list of 14 Premiers Grands Crus Classés, 2 of them with distinction A, and 71 Grands Crus Classés. Château Beau-Séjour Bécot is on the Premiers Grands Crus Classés list; distinction A went to Château Figeac and Château Pavie.

• One of 14 Premiers Grands Crus Classés in the 2022 classification
• Not among the 2 estates with distinction A (Château Figeac and Château Pavie)
• Classification approved on September 8, 2022

Wine Spectator rated the Château Beau-Séjour Bécot St.-Emilion 2022 at 96 points, judged it best from 2026 through 2040 and placed it at No. 5 on its Top 100 of 2025. The 2022 is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, priced at $85, with 6,250 cases made.

• 2022: 96 points, No. 5 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2025
• 2022: $85, 6,250 cases made
• 2022 blend: Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine Spectator writes that Juliette Bécot "revamped the winemaking, focusing on freshness, detail and precision." The new cellar includes new vinification tanks and a range of aging vessels, from barrels to foudres to clay amphorae. In Wine Spectator, James Molesworth called the 2022 "very fresh, expressive and focused" with "a subtle chalky tension piercing the finish."

• Winemaking revamped around freshness, detail and precision
• Aging vessels range from barrels to foudres to clay amphorae

Primary source (producer's own site): http://www.beausejour-becot.com/ showed only a maintenance page when fetched on 2026-09-23, so no primary pages were used. Secondary sources: https://www.inao.gouv.fr/en/cp-saint-emilion-grand-cru-classement-next-decade, https://top100.winespectator.com/2025/wine/wine-no-5-bordeaux/, https://www.decanter.com/wine-travel/chateau-beau-sejour-becot-67494/. Last verified 2026-10-12. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.