The 2023 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) Bordeaux Blend from Saint Emilion, France, is a standout wine that has garnered exceptional reviews from multiple critics. This red wine, made primarily from 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, reflects the meticulous winemaking practices of its producer, Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse).
James Suckling rates this wine at 96 points, noting its "impressive purity of fruit," with dominant flavors of raspberry, blueberry, and mineral character. He describes it as "precise and focused with medium body and lovely length" (jamessuckling.com).
William Kelley from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate gives an excellent review, scoring it 98 points. Kelley praises the wine for its "aromas of black raspberries, mulberries, violets, spices, and incense," and describes the palate as "seamless, suave, and concentrated, with lively acids, beautiful purity of fruit, and a long, mineral, gently balsamic finish" (Robert Parker's Wine Advocate).
Vinous’s Neal Martin also provides a favorable analysis, scoring it 96 points and highlighting its "very fresh entry with finely chiseled tannins" and "mineralité deriving from the vineyard's limestone terroir." He calls it a "finely tuned and complex wine" (Vinous).
Jane Anson awards the wine 98 points, emphasizing its "vivid aromatic spirals of peonies and crushed rose petals" and its "flashy but extremely pure shot of liquorice root, liquorice bud, aniseed, and fennel." She observes that it is "understated yet hard to ignore" (janeanson.com).
Decanter’s review, also scoring 98 points, describes it as a "stellar wine" with "herbal and dark fruit on the nose," noting its "juicy, supple and alive" character and "lovely bite and grip to the tannins" (Decanter).
Jeff Leve from The Wine Cellar Insider gives an outstanding 99 points, calling it "quite floral in nature" with "nuances of cherries, licorice, red fruits, cocoa, and spice." Leve praises its "balance, freshness, elegance, and silky tannins" and predicts it will age well for decades (TheWineCellarInsider.com).
Jeb Dunnuck, with a score of 95 points, highlights its "richer, slightly darker style with ripe currants, leafy herbs, tobacco, and smoky nuances," and describes it as having "beautiful overall balance" (jebdunnuck.com).
Lastly, Lisa Perrotti-Brown from The Wine Independent rates it 98 points, noting its "intense scents of redcurrants, Bing cherries, and fresh blackberries," and calls it "a very tightly wound coil of red berry, mineral, and earthy flavors" (The Wine Independent).
Overall, the 2023 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) is a highly acclaimed wine, with most reviews emphasizing its purity, balance, complexity, and potential for aging.
