Chateau Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse 2025

Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Feine rote Beerenfrucht, floraler Touch nach Rosen und Veilchen, verführerischer Cabernet-Franc-Touch, sehr suggestiv. Am Gaumen feine Ribisel, rote Kirschen, mineralisch, lebendige Säurestruktur, seidige Tannine, salziger Nachhall, ein hocheleganter Wein, ungemein leichtfüßig, salziger Nachhall, energisch im Abgang, ungemein verführerisch."

Jane Anson: Smoky depths, crushed rocks, wet stones, pumice, just delicious and gets better and better the longer it spends in the glass. This is a limestone masterclass, so precise, so tense in a carved and momentum-filled way. Saffron, blueberry, crushed raspberry, wet stones, rose petals, chalk. Feel really energised from tasting it, totally harnessing the power of the year without being overtaken by it. Harvest September 8 to 19. 55% new oak for ageing."

The Wine Cellar Insider: The aromatic profile serves up its display of flowers, plums, and chocolate, with a touch of orange rind, with ease. The palate is where the wine shines. Silky, lifted, elegant, vibrant, and with marine influences, the fruits express a beautiful purity that comes through due to their sweet, fresh, and lively character. There is body, concentration, depth of flavor, refinement, and energy that are immediately noticeable. The finish is long, complex, and expansive, allowing the wine to linger gracefully. The wine blends 69% Merlot with 31% Cabernet Franc, 13.9% ABV, 3.39 pH. Yields were 39 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest took place September 5 - September 19. Drink from 2030 - 2060."

Vinum: Sehr florale Nase, Veilchenblüten, getrocknete Rosen, etwas Tabak, dahinter Brombeerenfrucht, auch Johannisbeeren; gradlinig im Auftakt, baut Druck auf, die Frucht ist delikat, ungemein knackig, das seidenweiche Tannin ist stets präsent, dabei nie dominant, die Säure trägt den Wein in ein fast endloses Finale. dieser Beauséjour ist Finesse in Perfektion."

Decanter: What a brilliant wine in 2025 - a very true, very authentic and very hands-off wine while delivering superb freshness and vitality. Rose petals with such a floral fragrance, really crystalline and pure with peonies and violets alongside strawberry and red cherry. Softly chewy, immediately really quite fun and friendly in the mouth - purity is the focus here with such clarity and crystalline juiciness. Lightly presented with no muscle or heft, it’s all about the delicacy and freshness. Very limestone but not overly tense. Vibrant but not with citrus acidity. I love the gentleness with salty stones and velvety, powdery tannins on the finish. Juicy, clean, focused and lovely with a very soft chew that emerges after a few minutes. More Merlot now goes into the second wine with the goal of 30% Cabernet Franc in this wine. 3.39pH. A yield of 39hl/ha. Ageing in 55% new oak and the rest one-year-old barrels."

Jeb Dunnuck: The 2025 Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) is a deep ruby-hued Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé harvested between September 5th and 19th from healthy yields of 39 hectoliters per hectare. It has a gorgeous perfume of cassis and black cherries intermixed with beautiful floral nuances of rose and violets, graphite, and crushed stone-like minerality. On the palate, it has incredible purity, perfect ripeness, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. Hitting 13.7% alcohol with a pH of 3.39, it shows the vintage's juicy, fresher style yet brings gorgeous mid-palate depth and length."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse needs a little swirling to coax out an enticing perfume of peonies, orange blossoms, juicy red cherries, and anise, leading to a core of ripe blackberries and black cherries, plus wafts of menthol and lavender. The medium-bodied palate is very tightly wound with wonderfully pure black and red fruit layers, framed by firm, fine-grained tannins and a crisp line, finishing very long and chalky. Sensationally seductive! The blend is 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.5% and the pH is 3.39."

James Suckling: So much clarity and precision in this wine. Medium-bodied, restrained and elegant, with a subtle, chalky texture and a very fine, even structure. Elegant, precise profile. 69% merlot and 31% cabernet franc."

Wine Advocate: A blend of 69% Merlot and 31% Cabernet Franc, the 2025 Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse) unwinds in the glass with notes of violets and sweet wild berries, displaying lovely purity and integration. Medium- to full-bodied, concentrated and layered, with bright acids, ripe tannins and a penetrating finish, it's Joséphine Duffau Lagarrosse's most accomplished wine to date, showing just what this exceptional limestone terroir is capable of."