Lunch with St-Emilion star Beau-Séjour Bécot – Tuesday 23rd September
Join us for a rescheduled edition of our special wine lunch as we warmly welcome Julien Barthe, owner of St-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé Beau-Séjour, to the Club.
After train strikes prevented him from joining us previously, we are delighted that Julien can now share the story of this historic estate, offering Members an insight into the winemaking philosophy behind one of St-Émilion’s most celebrated châteaux.
The Bécot family has owned Beau-Séjour Bécot since 1969, after which it endured a somewhat turbulent existence for several decades, losing and regaining its 1er Grand Cru Classé status. Not so long ago, in the Parker era, the wines were somewhat turbo-charged. Under third-generation Juliette Bécot and her husband Julien’s guidance, however, and with the increasingly in-demand Thomas Duclos taking over from consultant Michel Rolland, there has been a major stylistic turnaround.
Julien’s arrival in 2016 kickstarted a mission to showcase the property’s outstanding terroir atop St-Emilion’s limestone plateau more vividly in the bottle. This has meant extensive work in the vineyard (including new plantings of Cabernet Franc) and a similar overhaul in the cellar, via ultra-light extraction, and cutting back the use of new oak in favour of larger cask and amphoras.
The resultant elegant, balanced wines are all the better, of course, for lunchtime sipping. So in an era when they say the days of the long lunch are over, here’s your chance to prove them wrong…
The menu:
Starter: Loomswood Farm duck, served with hazelnut and frisée
Main course: Herb-crusted lamb rack, potato dauphinoise
Dessert: A selection of English and French cheese
The wines we’ll be drinking:
2019 Château Joanin Bécot, Côtes de Castillon
2021 Beau-Séjour Bécot, St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B
2018 Beau-Séjour Bécot, St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B
2015 Beau-Séjour Bécot, St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B
2010 Beau-Séjour Bécot, St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B
Tuesday 23rd September
St James’s Room
12:30 – Welcome reception
13:00 – Lunch begins
15:00 – Lunch ends
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