2011 Joanin Becot
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The 2011 Joanin Bécot offers light brambly red fruit on the nose, cedar and light earthy scents. The palate is medium-bodied with powdery tannins, a little dry with a dark, slightly introverted finish, but clean and nicely delineated. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
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Tasted blind. Very deep blackish crimson. Richly perfumed and fully evolved. Sweet start and lightly grainy but not exaggerated. Quite big but not heavy with still something to give. GV (JR)
Black core. Not very open but there's some dark chocolate and oak spice as well as dusty dark fruit. Firm grip but finely textured. Pure and clean and all in harmony. Powerful, dense and long with a nicely dry finish. (JH)
Proprietress Juliette Becot has produced a blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc that again merits high marks for a value-priced offering in 2011. A dense ruby/purple color is accompanied by abundant quantities of dark berry fruit intermixed with hints of white chocolate, lead pencil shavings and vanillin. Medium-bodied with good juiciness, succulence, ripe tannin and a fleshy, opulent mouthfeel and finish, it is another big time sleeper of the vintage to enjoy over the next 7-8 years.