Chateau Beausejour 2023

Wine Advocate 96-98/100 : “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”.

Falstaff 97-100/100 : “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”.