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Chateau Beau-Sejour Becot Grand Cru Classe 2002, St Emilion, France, Bordeaux, red blend, 750ml
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CHATEAU BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT GRAND CRU CLASSE 2002, ST EMILION, FRANCE, BORDEAUX, RED BLEND, 750ML |
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Chƒteau Beau-S‚jour B‚cot is located on the plateau of Saint-Martin de Mazerat, to the immediate west of Saint-Emilion village,in the heart of the Saint-Emilion appellation. It is surrounded by the most prestigious vineyards of the commune, which counts two "Premier Grand Cru Class‚ A" and eleven "Premier Grand Cru Class‚ B". This classification is unique in that it is revised every ten years.
During the Middle Ages the monks of Saint Martin took over at the Chƒteau Beau-S‚jour B‚cot where the Gallo-Romans had left off eight centuries before. The estate then passed into the GŠres family, who were nobility from the Camarsac area. Over the years the estate changed names. In the eighteenth century it was known as Domaine de Peycoucou - the hill where the cuckoo sings- and it was in 1787, as the wish of G‚n‚ral Jacques de Carle that it became Chƒteau Beau-S‚jour B‚cot. With this name he wanted to leave to posterity the happy memories of his stay there. The ulterior motives were possibly commercial or marketing ones. Although he came from a military background, he was commercially-minded and no doubt saw the advantage in creating an attractive-sounding label. ". G‚n‚ral Jacques de Carle however, had no successor, and after a series of sales and inheritances the estate of Beau-S‚jour fell in 1924 into the hands of Docteur Jean Fagouet, who expanded the vineyard to 10 hectares 5 (about 26 acres). Michel B‚cot, from a wine-growing family settled in Saint-Emi
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