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Croix de Beausejour (2nd Wine Beausejour Duffau) 2016

St Emilion, Second wine

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Tasting Notes

The second wine of Château Beauséjour (Duffau), the 2016 Croix de Beauséjour offers lots of currants and darker fruits, with a beautiful earthiness and tobacco character. It's medium-bodied, supple, and rounded on the palate, yet has plenty of density and depth.

Score: 90

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 28 February 2019

The 2016 Croix de Beauséjour, the second wine of Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse, has a well-defined bouquet of red currant and wild strawberry fruit; the oak is nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly hard tannin on the entry, rendering this more rigid than it needed to be, though bottle age should soften it. Moderate in length. Give it just a couple of years in bottle.

Score: 87

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2021-2029 01 January 2019

The 2016 Croix de Beauséjour is a serious second wine endowed with quite a bit of structure that should allow it to age gracefully for 10-15 years. Smoke, scorched earth, tobacco, leather, licorice, spice and a whole host of dark flavors give the Croix its decidedly somber, brooding personality. The blend is approximately 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, with the Franc giving the wine its aromatic and structural signatures. I would not be surprised if the 2016 shows even better than this note suggests in a few years' time.

Score: 90

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2020-2031 01 January 2019