2014 Chateau Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

The 2014 Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is a perplexing wine just after bottling but it appears to have settled. Here, it has a gorgeous bouquet with fine mineral-driven red berry fruit, a slight floral scent developing with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, quite stocky and full in the mouth, tightening in towards the finish but retaining freshness and vibrancy. This Saint-Émilion is loaded with potential. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. - vinous.com, March 2018

Tasted blind. Lively, well-balanced and well-behaved nose. Thick and confident. Lots of length but a bit Oxford marmalade-like. Overall satisfying though. Youthful. (JR)

Tasted blind. Bricky rim, garnet core. Sweet senescent fruit and a light leafy note suggesting Cabernet Franc. A bit flat/dry in the middle so that the tannins, while mostly resolved, are a little dry on the finish. Fresh nonetheless. Some in the group thought there was a suggestion of oxidation. (JH)