Beauséjour - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2023

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe2/1/2026

The 2023 Beauséjour, hitherto “Duffau-Lagarrosse,” was picked September 13 to October 3 and aged for 14 to 16 months in 60% new French oak (mainly Cadus and Taransaud), with no malo in barrel. It was the last vintage made in the old wine cellar. Bottled on July 31 and August 1, this is very fragrant on the nose with lifted red plum, raspberry and wild strawberry scents, darker fruit emerging with time, pressed flowers and hints of orange rind. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins. Nicely judged acidity, very pure and silky in texture, this does not possess the structure or depth of the ’22, but feels very harmonious and sensual. It will only require two or three years before you can broach this delicious Beauséjour.

Jamessuckling.com

97

byJames Sucklingthe1/27/2026

Winemaking and terroir speak at the same volume in this red. Aromas of chalk, warm toast, blackberries, graphite, chocolate and pepper. Almost full-bodied, but nothing heavy. Tight tannins, chalky vibrations and a touch of wood firmness. A bit early now. Drink from 2028.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe5/13/2024

The Grand Vin 2023 Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) is based on 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc that was harvested from the 13th of September to the 3rd of October. Vinified all in concrete, the élevage here will span 14-16 months in 60% new French oak. It brings a richer, slightly darker style with ripe currants, leafy herbs, tobacco, and smoky nuances. These carry to a medium-bodied Saint-Emilion with beautiful overall balance, a juicy, vibrant, layered style, ripe tannins, and terrific yet integrated acidity (pH 3.4). It reminds me of the 2001 from this château and will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and evolve gracefully.

Decanter.com

98

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/7/2024

A stellar wine from this newly-named Château Beauséjour estate (removing the Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse). Herbal and dark fruit on the nose, blackcurrant with cocoa powder, liquorice, some exotic spices as well as purple floral notes, peonies and roses. Juicy supple and alive in the glass, this has lift and get-go from the start, super clean and precise with a lovely bite and grip to the tannins. Fine and chalky, mouthfilling, so you get the ample structure but keeps its direction and flow. Power is there for sure, which some 2023s don’t have, but this is also elegant and so precise. The flavour also really lingers. This has a vertical aspect, layered with muscle and fine sinew. Juicy and succulent, pure and moreish - really makes you want another sip and somehow feels approachable already. Balanced and delicious. Consultants Julien Viaud and Axel Marchal. 46hl/ha yield. 3.4pH. Ageing 14-16 months, 60% new oak. 70% grand vin.

The Drinks Business

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byColin Haythe5/7/2024

70% Merlot; 30% Cabernet Franc; 60% new oak; a final yield of 46 hl/ha; 14% alcohol; tasted twice, the first time at Belgrave and then at Beauséjour with Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse, with practically identical notes; Axel Marchal and Julien Viaud co-consult and an entirely new wine-making facility, offering yet more precision, will be in place for the 2024 vintage). Cool and shimmering, with a fabulous energy and vivacity. Graphite, a hint of cedar, blueberry and black pen ink, a little pencil-shaving note, some incense and parfumier’s extracts of rose, peony and violet. Walnut oil. Dense and compact, with a lovely broad frame and the most gracious but also pixilating of calcaire tannins entering between and, in so doing, delineating the milles feuilles of silk and cashmere that seem interlayered and interwoven. So gracious. And with such finesse. More delicate and refined than the 2022 and at least as impressive. I love the shape of this in the mouth: the tannins somehow outlining the lozenge-shaped parameters of a black hole with the density increasing exponentially towards the centre – a kind of vanishing point, just like that to which the wine tapers on the seemingly never ending finish. It’s beautifully composed with a tight, densely charged core. The top terroir is presented with such eloquence, respect and articulation. Succulent, salivating, sapid and fabulously refreshing.

The Wine Independent

96-98

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/7/2024

The 2023 Beausejour (formerly Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse but since 2021 simply named Beausejour) is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc. It is ageing in 60 % new oak barrels and it has a pH of 3.41. The color is a deep garnet-purple and after a swirl or two, it rockets out of the glass with intense scents of redcurrants, Bing cherries, and fresh blackberries, giving way to an undercurrent of candied violets, fragrant soil, and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is a very tightly wound coil of red berry, mineral, and earthy flavors, framed by firm, fine-grained tannins and great tension, finishing long and perfumed. Gorgeous!

Vinous

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byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2024

The 2023 Beauséjour-Duffau is a powerful, resonant wine. In this early tasting, it does not feel totally put-together, but this sample shows good depth and plenty of potential. The 2023 is 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, more Franc than in the past. That choice lends gorgeous aromatic presence, but also more structure. This is going to be a fascinating wine to follow.

Vinous

94-96

byNeal Martinthe4/29/2024

The 2023 Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse was picked from September 13 to 29 for the Merlot and October 2 and 3 for the Cabernet Franc at 46h:/ha. It matured in 61% new oak. This is the last vintage to be made in the old vat room, the new one due to be completed in July. Allowing the barrel sample five minutes to open, it has a very succinct bouquet, predominantly red fruit with light loamy and crushed stone aromas, a touch of wilted rose petal in the background. The palate is very fresh on the entry with finely chiseled tannins. There is a lot of mineralité here deriving from the vineyard's limestone terroir, and the tongue tingles in the mouth (not unlike actually licking limestone!) Quite linear, chalky and tensile toward the finish, this is a finely tuned and complex wine that is in the similar style of, say, Canon. It's not as audacious as the previous vintage, but potentially more cerebral.

Falstaff

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byPeter Moserthe4/29/2024

Dark ruby, purple reflections, subtle brightening on the edge. Dark minerality, pleasant savouriness, blackberries, liquorice, orange zest, floral touch. Juicy, silky and complex, delicate fruit expression, full of finesse, ripe tannins, ripe cherries and currants in the aftertaste, a guarantee for great drinking pleasure, chalky and long on the palate.

Wine Advocate

96-98

byWilliam Kelleythe4/26/2024

Joséphine Duffau Lagarrosse's third vintage at this terrific hillside terroir is her most impressive to date. The 2023 Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse) offers up aromas of black raspberries, mulberries, violets, spices and incense, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and layered palate that's seamless, suave and concentrated, with lively acids, beautiful purity of fruit and a long, mineral, gently balsamic finish. It's a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, picked on nine days between September 13 and October 3. Duffau Lagarrosse's work on oak selection (she favors Burgundy's cooperage Cadus, among others) has delivered much more seamless integration at this early stage, and her attentive approach to extraction is already bearing fruit in the form of tannins that are more polished and refined than was formerly the case at this address. It's a brilliant effort from a property with almost limitless potential.

Jamessuckling.com

95-96

byJames Sucklingthe4/25/2024

The purity of fruit is impressive here, with raspberry, blueberry and mineral character. It’s so precise and focused with medium body and lovely length.

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Couleur	Rouge
Cépages	Merlot 72 % Cabernet Franc 28 %
Appellation	Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Millesime	2023
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)

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Couleur	Rouge
Cépages	Merlot 72 % Cabernet Franc 28 %
Appellation	Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Millesime	2023
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)

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