Description
As I wrote after I tasted this cuvee from barrel, it is clearly the greatest Beausejour Duffau since the immortal 1990. Under new management, the brillant duo of Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt is in the process of developping what is on one of the great hillside terroirs of Bordeaux and St-Emilion. This big wine nearly 15% natural alcohol is a blend of 77 % Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. It boasts an opaque blue/purple color along with a gorgeous bouquet of charcoal, incense, truffles, blackberry jam, black currants, raspberries and flowers. While enormous in the mouth, the limestsone soils in which the grapes are grown give the wine good freshness as well as laser-like clarity and precision. Amazing to taste, this massive, superconcentrated powerhouse comes across as ethereal and almost feminie despite its extravagant fruit, density and richness. It is a modern day legend for sure ! Anticipated maturity2025-2050+. – Robert Parker, Wine Advocate*93-96/100 Wine Spectator
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