JAMES SUCKLING: "This has a fantastic finish with crushed blackberries and raspberries and salt undertones. It's full-bodied, yet really racy and polished with such fine, intense tannins. Love the length to this. Very distinguished and toned. Excellent energy. 85% merlot, 13% cabernet franc and 2% cabernet sauvignon."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Displaying a deep purple-black color, the 2020 Beau-Sejour Becot prances out of the glass with showy scents of preserved plums, chocolate-covered cherries, wild blueberries and raspberry preserves, plus suggestions of rose oil, ground cloves and licorice. The elegantly crafted, medium-bodied palate shimmers with energy, offering a fantastic intensity of crunchy red and black fruits, supported by fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed. Simply stunning." - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

DECANTER: "Velvety rich deep blue fruits, this is powerful and measured, fruit-forward and yet subtle, layered blueberry and raspberry with smoked almonds and mocha on the finish. Sleek and finessed fruit flavours, a sense of forward motion from beginning to end and a burst of freshly-grated minerality on the finish. Extremely good quality. This is the second to last vintage in the new cellar, before building a new cellar for 2023 vintage. They have done a lot of work in the vineyards studying the terroir to understand how smaller sectors and zones within each plot reacts, and this work of studying the plots will help to inform the new cellar. Drinking Window 2028 - 2044."

FALSTAFF: "Im Duft fein und komplex zugleich: Schwarzkirsche und kreidige Kalknoten, auch Kokos. Thymian, Salbei, Darjeeling, Rote Johannisbeere, Wildkirsche, schwarzer Pfeffer. Im Mund ölig, mit leichter Süße in der Frucht, der Alkohol stört den seidigen, saftigen Eindruck nicht. Gut integrierte, feinnervige Säure, mutet in seiner feingliedrigen Art fast schon burgundisch an." - Peter Moser