Bewertungen

• 100/100

  James Suckling
  This is extraordinary. There has never been a wine like this here since the famous 1990 or underrated 1989. Violets, flowers, stones and limestone. Oyster-shell undertones. Full-bodied, muscular and so structured. A phenomenal wine that reminds me of the great Bordeaux of the 1950s. Try in 2026."

• 99/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Here is a wine that has jumped in score each time I've tasted it. And for good reason. Deep in color, the wine pops with roses, smoke, licorice, herbs, truffle, dark red pit fruits, and wet earth. Concentrated, opulent and bordering on decadent, this has just exploded since bottling. There are layers of depth, fruit, rocks, and tannins that are just great to explore as the wine hits your palate. Length, purity, complexity, and sensuality is a great combination, and you find that in spades here."

• 98/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  From a bottle purchased here in the United States, the 2015 Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse is a wine that should be purchased by the case (which is what I intend to do). This incredible blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc offers sensational purity in its crème de cassis, blueberry, graphite, lead pencil, licoice and forest floor-driven aromas and flavors. This is a big, rich, opulent wine, yet it has awesome purity and focus, with a distinct minerality keeping it fresh, focused and lively on the palate. Possessing ripe, sweet tannin, an inherent elegance and purity, perfect balance, and an awesome finish, this incredible Saint-Emilion is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage. Do not miss it."

• 98/100

  Jane Anson
  Nicolas Thienpont and Stéphane Derenoncourt were in charge of the winemaking at Beauséjour back in 2015, producing exceptional bottles, and this is a standout success. Perhaps smokier on the opening than you would find today, generous and fleshy in its delivery of brambled autumnal fruit, with ripe black cherry and luscious damson but with the restraint and slate edging that bring you into the heart of the limestone soils. Love this wine, and it sings in 2015."

• 96/100

  Wine Spectator
  This has some sizzle, with roasted mesquite and ebullient red licorice notes out front, as well as steak to match, featuring a core sporting ample crushed cherry, red currant and plum fruit flavors. Light tea and chalk threads skitter through the finish, where the fruit echoes nicely. This has grown a bit since the barrel tasting. Best from 2023 through 2040."

• 96/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2015 Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse delivers very youthful scents of kirsch, juicy blackberries, and black raspberries, followed by wafts of cedar chest, dried herbs, and wood smoke. The full-bodied palate is still wearing a lot of oak, delivering firm, chewy tannins and plenty of freshness to the long, savory finish."

• 94-96/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, reife Kirschenfrucht, intensive schwarze Waldbeernuancen unterlegt, feine Zwetschgenfrucht. Saftig, elegant, Herzkirschen auch am Gaumen, feine, tragende Tannine, extraktsüßer Abgang, sehr finessenreich strukturiert, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, sicheres Reifepotenzial, klassischer Stil."

• 93-95/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  93-95. Barrel Sample. This wine is firmly structured, with dense tannins and concentrated black-fruit flavors. The acidity provides a lifting edge that enlivens the finish."

• 91-93/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2015 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) is a blend of 90% Merlot picked between 25 September and 5 October, 10% Cabernet Franc picked on 5 and 12 October. It was cropped at 34 hl/ha. It has a very intense, quite opulent bouquet, just like the 2015 Pavie-Macquin from barrel, with fig-tinged red cherry fruit, hints of kirsch and glycerin. The palate likewise shows more refinement and class, the tannins fine and the acidity well judged. It has a fresh finish, though it just needs to muster a touch more tension and sense of energy right on the finish. Let's see what happens during its élevage, because it has the materials to turn into a very fine Saint Emilion."

• 17/20

  Weinwisser
  90 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Intensives, zu Beginn leicht alkoholisch wirkendes Bouquet, dropsige Noten, Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Überreife und Malzkonturen. Im Gaumen erinnert der Grundgeschmack etwas an einen Prioratwein, aussen überreif, innen noch kernig. Für mich ist er zu streng, zu wenig burgundisch ausgefallen."

• 14,5/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Dark crimson. Perfume - vaguely floral. Then pretty extracted and bitter on the drying, pinched finish. No fun."