Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarosse) 2014 CBO(6x75cl) 93-96/100 WS
Ce Château Beauséjour 2014 ,Saint-Émilion, parmi les plus réputés, exprime à merveille le fruit et la rondeur du Merlot avec la richesse aromatique et la structure des cabernets.La vinification est parcellaire, précise et adaptée à chaque millésime, avec notamment 16 à 18 mois d'élevage dans des barriques de chêne merrain.Les gardes sont ici bien supérieures à la décennie.
The 2014 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) was an intriguing and quite mercurial Saint Emilion when I tasted it from barrel. Now in bottle, it has developed a quite compelling bouquet, very pure with black cherries, iodine, potpourri and crushed violets. The intensity is very impressive. The palate is medium-bodied with almost rigid tannin. This is a masculine wine, perhaps one that has closed down after bottle since it was so expressive from barrel. It is much more linear than I was expecting, even with a touch of hardness on the finish. It is a rather enigmatic Saint Emilion, one tricky to pin down at the moment. Hopefully more flesh will surface with bottle age and just balance out that strict finish. Let's see where this will go. Certainly I would not broach this for a few years.Neal Martin
Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarosse)
Région : Bordeaux
Appellation : Saint-Émilion
Classement : 1er Grand Cru Classé B
Couleur : Rouge
Propriétaire : Héritiers Duffau-Lagarosse
Superficie : 7 ha
Production : 35000 bouteilles
Encépagement : 88% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc
