Ch Beauséjour Duffeau Lagarosse 2023

1er Grand Cru Classé

Saint-Emilion

€ 152.46/ Per fles min. 12 flessen

Vinous – Neil Martin – 94-96/100
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.