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Beauséjour Duffau 2017

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot

This Saint Emilion property is managed by Nicolas Thienpont, assisted by consultant Stephane Derenoncourt. The 6.8 hectares of vines are planted with 76% Merlot and 24% Cabernet Franc. 2000 to 2500 cases are produced annually.

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Tasting Notes

The 2017 Beausejour Duffau is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps with notes of blackberry pie and plum preserves, followed by hints of dried herbs, tree bark, and black truffles. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers a firm structure of grainy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the muscular black fruits, finishing long and minerally.

97
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, December 2022

This has a very attractive, ripe black-fruit nose with toasted spices, violets and dark-stone notes. Iodine and cedar, too. The palate is powerful and has quite intense flavors of blackberries and blueberries with a super rich and ripe frame of tannin that carries long and expands the finish in impressive style. Very long. Try from 2025.

96
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, January 2020

This is one of the best examples of this wine that I have tasted, reaching the same heights as some of the biggest names in this vintage, and barely a step down from 2016 - great stuff from these guys this year. It's firm, bright, intense and deep, with salinity, grip and a lovely seam of freshness. It has a really excellent, juicy character and good persistency, with notes of liquorice and dark chocolate.
Drinking Window 2025 - 2040

95
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, April 2018

Very dark. Ripe, dark black plums and just a touch of red cherry. Then quite oaky on the palate, rich, firm, smooth, with chocolate on the finish from the oak. Needs quite a bit of time. Chewy on the second taste. No lack of fruit but the structure dominates at the moment.
Drink 2024-2034

16+
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2018

The fruit on the nose is ripe the palate has a mix of sweet fruit quite fleshy in the middle. Red fruits underpin a lighter feel and although it fills out at the back finish is tight and ungenerous. 2024-30

85/88
Derek Smedley MW, DerekSmedleyMW.co.uk, April 2018

This is a decent effort from Beauséjour in that the fruit has clarity and there is not too much oak on board. Sadly, the tannins are massive, but they seem pliable enough and so I expect them to calm down in time.

16.5+
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2018
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Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) prances out of the glass with energetic notes of crushed black and red plums, black cherries and black raspberries plus wafts of potpourri, oolong tea and lavender. The medium-bodied palate is oh-so-pretty with bags of fragrant fruit and a firm, plush frame, finishing long and perfumed. 2021 - 2048

97
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (March 2020), March 2020

This is very driven and intense with so much limestone and salt character on the palate. Dark fruits, too. Linear and chewy, especially on the long finish. Beautiful center palate of fruit.

95/96
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2018

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Beausejour Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is slightly closed, revealing glimpses at bright, cheery black cherries, black berries and wild blueberries with very serious preserved plums, licorice and mocha in the background and a waft of fragrant soil. Medium to full-bodied, it has a firm frame of ripe tannins and seamless freshness supporting the subdued, earthy layers, finishing long and minerally. It should be wonderfully long-lived but will need time to enjoy!

94/96
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (236), April 2018
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