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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.3 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 181 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Eric on 12/2/2023: ESTG Year-End Tasting (Newcastle, WA): Insane wine, utterly insane. Unreal structure. Raspberry, truffle, mineral, just wow, wow, wow! So fresh, so mineral. A powerful and dense core, tobacco, graphite, cherry, truly exceptional wine. (1509 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 10/22/2023 & rated 95 points: Not up to the brilliance of the last bottle, but a lovely wine. Deep brick. Gorgeous nose filled with mature, blueberry fruit, violets, minerals. Creamy, complex, charcoal - wow. Palate is a step behind the nose - mineral streak shows itself again yet things fall off a little quicker than anticipated. An excellent bottle but not a great one. Drink up (95) (1280 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysos55 on 5/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Clairement pas au niveau des précédentes que j'ai goûtées !!!! Problème de bouteille sûrement....Bouquet de pruneau relativement faible,bouche disparate,seule la longueur est au rendez-vous aujourd'hui.Pour une cote maximum Parker,c'est clairement insuffisant today....J'en avais acheté une caisse de 12 il m'en reste 5.Habituellement coté 95/97....On verra le sort que réservera la suivante. (2210 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 2/17/2023 & rated 95 points: This is a great bottle, justifying the august reputation RMP bestowed on on release (but not 100 points). Big, luscious, extravagantly red fruited. On its prime, outstanding balance and impressive to smell and to taste. (2437 views) | | | Tasted by RAB007 on 12/26/2022 & rated 96 points: Ullage well into neck, 1.5 cm. Almost purple with only 2 mm amber rim. Excellent nose of cedar, cigar box, blueberry, dark fruits and like damp forest. Wonderful taste with plenty of fruit left for its age. Could have been a bit more complex and finish was a bit short of what I expected, lasting only about 20 seconds. (2606 views) | | | Tasted by RAB007 on 12/26/2022 & rated 96 points: Excellent but finish a bit short (2046 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 11/19/2022 & rated 98 points: I could copy and paste my note from 2 years ago which was equally thrilling to drink. I think this is one of the upper echelon Bordeaux made over the past 30 years, and if anything it is gaining more balance as it ages while the fruit remains sublimely complex. Gorgeous stuff (2330 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 11/18/2022 & rated 95 points: A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Cristal, DP, Giacosa, Produttori and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Fully mature nose displaying generous black fruit, blackberry liqueur, blackberry jam, milk chocolate, caramel, sweet spices and mineral. Beautifully integrated palate, layers upon layers of generous black fruit, silky and fluid, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long generous black fruit driven finish. This is a well stored bottle. Although the palate is wonderful, the opulent nose is gone. (2559 views) | | | Tasted by cortoncharlie on 10/24/2022 & rated 93 points: Not the best example of this fantastic wine. Very prominent acid and mineral backbone but I felt the fruit never got unleashed. I would not have guessed 1990 if served blind. It was still very good though... (1696 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 4/24/2022 & rated 96 points: 48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): This is my first time crossing path with this St. Emilion legend and it did not disappoint. At first it didn‘t show as spectacular, drinking probably on a 94 pts level but with time this started singing. Extraordinary concentration and substance, high precision and a fine structure (although not the same level of finesse as the best right banks). This is a rather Napa-esque expression of Bordeaux, a foreshadowing of the things coming in the years after but still on the elegant side. A hedonistic winner.
TN: Medium- expressive nose, lots of minerality and herbs with the fruit rather being in the background. Not much tertiary aromas on the nose. On the palate this much younger than the Angelus, with so much tension, soft but not yet fully melted tannins, good acidity, mostly fruit-driven, with minerality, herbs but with not much more. But with time in the glass the wines opens up, gains concentration, complexity (with some hints of tertiary aromas and layers of coffee, chocolate notes) and it gets rounder and creamier. Long lingering finish, impeccable balance from start to finish.
Decanting: Quick double decant roughly 3 hours before the tasting which was not quite enough. This bottle would have needed two, three hours in the decanter. (4026 views) | | | Tasted by psyrah on 4/20/2022 & rated 91 points: This bottle seemed tired and not up to the normal great quality. Probably bottle variation, as it came out of a case that had good bottles. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/8/2022 & rated 99 points: Opulent, lush, flamboyant, showing and rich, from start to finish this had it all going on. Intensely concentrated, with layers of dark red plums, black cherries, thyme, crushed rocks and flowers, the wine coats your palate and seamlessly lingers. (4044 views) | | | Tasted by King Julien on 3/6/2022 & rated 97 points: Decanted about 3 hours. Outstanding on both nose and palate. (2423 views) | | | Tasted by soyhead on 3/1/2022: silky , dark fruit , good acidity, quite tannic still, impressively ripe and rich for a 30+ year old bordeaux and not really showing any signs of fading but in all i found it to be rich without really being fresh. clearly i have been spoiled silly by the patriarch. (2735 views) | | | Tasted by jviz on 2/18/2022 & rated 94 points: PnP, served at room temp. Quintessential right bank with brick red fruit, tight for only about 15 minutes and becomes quite plush with air. I’d start this one at cellar temp and follow it. It was really savory, with lots of umami and soy, along with some macerated strawberry. Acidity seemed to gain with time and the last glass was certainly the best. Lots of red clay minerals on the finish. (2142 views) | | | Tasted by Brolawa on 1/27/2022: M&PD dinner at Vendemmia. Final flight of the night (Bordeaux):
1989 Château Haut-Brion
1990 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse)
1990 Château Cheval Blanc
I was dealing with a little long-haul covid, and felt weirdly intoxicated during this flight. So, I’m not going to rate the wines and just offer my limited notes.
My recollection was that all of these approximated 100-point wines; but I was feeling too weird there to be precise here.
1989 Château Haut-Brion
Very much reminded me of the nirvana of the 1990 H-B (which is one of the greatest wine of all time imho). When this wine is on, there is nothing better. How can something be so sophisticated but, at the same time, so sweaty and sexy. Pure but loaded with so much tar and earth.
1990 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse)
I’ve been lucky enough to have more bottles of this wine/vintage since my last note. This felt like it was a perfect representation of the vintage. It is very concentrated but still light on the palate. The finish is full of fruit and tar. An amazing wine.
1990 Château Cheval Blanc
I have not had much Cheval Blanc, so I was very excited to try this and it did not disappoint. The fruit, smoke and earth all hit you on the nose and don’t let up. I would call this classic Bordeaux but with a complexity that was impossible for me to parse in my weird state. My goal is to have this bottle on its own to focus on everything that is going on. (1825 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 1/27/2022: M&PD Tasting: France (Seattle, WA, USA): Unreal concentration. A perfect bottle of this wine. Deep, DARK, tarry, blackberry, tannic, powerful, utterly wonderful! (2835 views) | | | Tasted by mchern02 on 9/18/2021 & rated 95 points: Have this about 3 hours in decanter but tasted along the way
Huge nose of licorice with black berry, crushed blueberry, earthy, tobacco, wet cigar, truffle, but entirely fresh. Textured, layered, really attractive and pretty palate; great acidity and backbone. Youthful tannins which frankly need more time but clearly has bones which still will improve. Forever finish
Upside from here, but already ripping (2875 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 9/17/2021 & rated 91 points: Nose: 91; Palate: 91 (2465 views) | | | Tasted by BenBlu on 9/3/2021 & rated 97 points: 1990 Champagne / Bordeaux / N Rhone (London): Single blind side by side Montrose. Consensus was at the table that this was the slightly better wine. Beautiful aromatics of mature cab franc, full throttle but not too much so (i.e. alcohol seemed moderate), really draws you into the glass and easy to see why this is a legend of Bordeaux from a generally not too well known chateau. (3043 views) | | | Tasted by MattTM on 7/12/2021: JR Group of Six Dinner (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind next to the 1990 Château Lynch-Bages, 1990 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron, and 1990 Château Angélus. The ripest wine of the flight yet still holding onto its old world roots. Dark fruits explode out of the glass coupled with black pepper spice, cedar, and a touch of oak. There was an underlying sweetness that showed on the palate yet it was well controlled, along with black currants, blueberries, clove, and a touch of menthol. This was texturally softer and showing more maturity than the Angélus, yet these will live for a long time yet. (2775 views) | | | Tasted by Val D'Orcia on 6/29/2021 & rated 99 points: Drinking beautifully. Balanced and long, full finish. (2535 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 5/31/2021 & rated 95 points: Super ripe and opulent. Almost over the top. Love the play between crazy fruit and earth. Wonderful 1990 right bank. Still fresh with plenty of time left. (2416 views) | | | Tasted by bookert on 3/3/2021 & rated 93 points: Very intense, almost new world like. Robust and concentrated. (2907 views) | | | Tasted by King Julien on 2/28/2021 & rated 97 points: Decanted about 3 hours. (2562 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (6/12/2016)
(Château Beauséjour-Duffau-Lagarrosse St.-Emilion Bordeaux, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, The Cardinal (9/15/2011)
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(Ch Beauséjour, Lagarrosse St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993) (11/1/1993)
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| Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) Producer Website – Read more about Chateau Beausejour Duffau-LagarrosseRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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