{"id":25184,"date":"2016-06-02T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T12:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25184"},"modified":"2016-06-02T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T12:12:08","slug":"2015-bordeaux-beausejour-becot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/2015-bordeaux-beausejour-becot\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Bordeaux &#8211; Canon la Gaffeli\u00e8re, Beaus\u00e9jour B\u00e9cot, Clos l&#8217;\u00c9glise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two big gun Saint Emilions out this morning.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-CHATEAU-CANON-LA-GAFFELIERE-Grand-Cru-Classe-Saint-Emilion-23404-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0CH\u00c2TEAU CANON LA GAFFELI\u00c8RE<\/a> , the Comte von Neipperg&#8217;s organic vineyard, did perhaps not impress us as much as the other critics, but Neal Martin gave it 93-95, Tim Atkin 95 <em>&#8216;I can\u2019t remember tasting a young Canon-La-Gaffeli\u00e8re that I\u2019ve enjoyed as much as this one&#8217;<\/em>, and Jancis Robinson agrees too with a 17\/20 <em>&#8216;Racy, sinewy<\/em>&#8216;, so it looks like we are in the minority!<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand we liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2015-CHATEAU-BEAUSEJOUR-BECOT-1er-Grand-Cru-Classe-Saint-Emilion-23345-00.html?category=261\">2015\u00a0CH\u00c2TEAU BEAUS\u00c9JOUR B\u00c9COT<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/images\/favicon-Circular.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> very much for its usual glossy blackberry sleekness, and this is likely to be the cheapest of the 1er Grand Cru Class\u00e9s that we recommend. 93-95 Neal Martin, (&#8216;<em>What a gorgeous Beausejour B\u00e9cot. 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