2021 Chateau Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse

品飲筆記：2021 年份展現出鮮明的石灰岩礦感，櫻桃與黑莓的果香交織，伴隨鹹礦、淡淡草本與白胡椒的香氣。口感集中但不厚重，中段果汁感飽滿，酸度帶出整體線條，單寧細緻且有支撐力，餘韻層次豐富且持久。
生產與釀造：全園手工採收、嚴格篩選，產量偏低以求濃縮風味。釀造時採取分槽微調的做法（每槽因性質略作處理），在橡木桶中陳年約15個月，使香氣與結構融合而不掩蓋風土特質。
葡萄園環境：坐落於聖艾美濃經典的石灰岩與黏土—石灰岩混合土壤，土壤的礦物質感與鹹感非常明顯。整體生產重視細節與延展性，既可稍作醒酒後飲用，也適合陳放。

Tasting Note: This 2021 Saint-Emilion Grand Cru opens with an expressive bouquet of black and red berries—black cherry, ripe plum and brambly blackberry—etched with crushed stone minerality, oyster-shell salinity and a thread of herbal savouriness. Toasted cedar, gentle oak spice, pencil-shaving graphite and a hint of white pepper add complexity. The palate is concentrated yet elegant: juicy mid-palate fruit, taut mineral tension, and fine, persistent tannins that carry into a long, layered finish.
Producer & Winemaking Notes: From a manually harvested, rigorously sorted crop with very low yields (around 28 hl/ha), vinification is managed vat-by-vat with small, targeted adjustments per vat. The grand vin matured for approximately 15 months in oak, marrying freshness and structure while preserving terroir expression.
Vineyard Notes: Sited on Saint-Emilion’s classic limestone and clay-limestone slopes, the vineyard delivers pronounced mineral intensity and saline lift. Low yields and careful selection concentrate flavours and ensure excellent ageing potential. Drinkability: approachable with decanting now, will continue to develop beautifully through mid-century.

Specification

• Alcohol %: 13.5%
• Decant Time: 60-90 minutes
• Taste: black cherry, red berries, blackberry, minerality, limestone, herbal/savoury notes, white pepper, cedar and oak spice, graphite/pencil shavings, fine ripe tannins, juicy mid-palate, long layered finish
• Food Matching: Roast lamb, Beef sirloin (grilled or Korean BBQ), Venison or game, Braised lamb shank, Aged hard cheeses (Comté, Mature Cheddar)
• Grape Variety: Merlot : 73%, Cabernet Franc : 27%, Other ,

Winery

酒莊簡介：貝霍杜夫（Duffau-Lagarrosse）是聖艾美濃頗具聲望的家族酒莊，重視手工與細緻管理。田間採低產量與嚴格篩選，釀造時依每個槽的特性微調，目標是呈現土地的清晰礦感與優雅結構。產量不大，但每一瓶都追求平衡與陳年潛力。

Château Beauséjour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) is a family-owned estate with a distinguished place among Saint-Emilion’s classified growths. The team emphasizes meticulous vineyard work and low yields to concentrate flavour, combining traditional practices with careful, parcel-by-parcel vinification. The estate produces a relatively small grand vin that marries precision, mineral clarity and ageing potential.