Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 2020 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Premier Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, fine and offers power (in delicacy), a nice finesse, freshness, deepness, an aerial character, complexity, intensity (in finesse) as well as a nice very fine grain and racy. It reveals notes of bright wild cassis, griots, small notes of bright small black berries associated with touches of violet, blueberry, crushed strawberry as well as fine hints of crushed redcurrant, cardamom, fine hints of Badiane as well as a subtle hint of sweet pepper, a very discreet hint of nearly smoked and an imperceptible hint of pepper (in the background). the mouth is fruity, balanced, nicely racy and offers juiciness, freshness, a nice definition, gourmandize, an acidulous frame, roundness in finesse, tension, deepness in finesse, minerality, a nice finesse of the grain, an aerial side in the balances, a nice acidulous/pulpy fruit, suavity as well as a finesse in its richness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy cassis, juicy/fresh griots, small notes of bright redcurrant associated with touches of camphor, small black juicy/acidulous berries, dark tea, cornflower, juicy blueberry as well as fine hints of dark chocolate, a discreet hint of caramelization and toasted hazelnut. The tannins are precis, elegant, fresh, and finely creamy. Presence of a discreet hint of bitterness of the cacao in the finish/persistence. good length and a very nice aromatic persistence (and sapidity). A precis wine that is all in finesse and delicacy in its power.