Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2018 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 1er Grand Cru Classé B

The nose is aromatic, elegant, racy and offers power, a certaine tension and a beautiful finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of ripe/bright cassis, small black fruits and small notes of cornflower associated with touches of small blue fruits, Cuben pepper, lily, lilac, bright raspberry as well as fine hints of toasted almond. The palate is beautifully fruity, beautifully fresh, elegant, well-balanced, racy and offers a beautiful acidulous frame, a superb bright/acidulous fruit (as well as a fine crunchiness), a beautiful finesse of the grain, precision, a beautiful aerial side as well as a beautiful finesse of the tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of bright cassis, bright blackberry and small notes of violet plum associated with fine touches of raspberry, lily/lilac as well as fine hints of fresh violet fig, sweet spices, tonka bean, cardamom and a very discreet hint of white flowers. Subtle hints of toasted, toasted hazelnut on the persistence. Tannins are racy.