1er Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion AOC - Château Beauséjour

In the glass, the Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé from Château Beauséjour shows a dense purple color. When swirling the glass, this red wine reveals a high viscosity, which is evident in church windows at the edge of the glass. This French cuvée shows wonderfully expressive notes of plums and blackberries in the glass. These are joined by hints of licorice, blueberry and chocolate.

The Château Beauséjour Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé presents itself to the wine drinker pleasantly dry. This red wine is never coarse or meager, but round and smooth. On the tongue, this powerful red wine is characterized by an incredibly silky texture. The final of this youthful red wine from the wine-growing region of Bordeaux, more precisely from Saint-Emilion, finally thrills with considerable reverberation. The finish is also accompanied by mineral hints of the soils dominated by clay and limestone.

Vinification of the Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé from Château Beauséjour

The starting point for Château Beauséjour's premium and wonderfully powerful Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé cuvée is Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes. The grapes grow in optimal conditions in Bordeaux. The vines here dig their roots deep into soils of limestone and clay. Clearly, the Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé is also determined by climate and viticultural style Saint-Emilion. This French wine can literally be described as an Old World wine that is extraordinarily impressive. The grapes for this red wine from France, when perfectly ripe, are harvested exclusively by hand. After the hand harvest, the grapes quickly arrive at the winery. Here they are sorted and carefully crushed. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. After the end of fermentation, the powerful Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé is aged for several more months in oak barrels.

Recommended food for the Heritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé from Château Beauséjour

Drink this red wine from France ideally tempered at 15 - 18°C as an accompanying wine to pasta with sausage dumplings, leek soup or goose breast with ginger red cabbage and marjoram.

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