1989 Ch. Beauséjour
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Dark ruby/garnet with some lightening at the edge, this wine shows notes of licorice, smoke, earth, and plum and black currants in a medium-bodied, soft, very evolved style. It is fully mature and best drunk over the next decade. Last tasted, 4/02.
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Robert Parker
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The 1989, which I had been told was close in quality to the 1990, comes across as a smaller-scaled wine. The color is a moderately dark, opaque ruby/purple, and the nose offers up Grenache-like aromas of peanut butter and black-cherries. This spicy, tannic, medium to full-bodied 1989 is promising, but it does not possess the profound, unreal concentration and stature of the 1990. The 1989 requires 2-3 additional years of bottle age; it will last as long as the 1990, but it will never achieve the greatness of that vintage. Production of Beausejour-Duffau is tiny (2500-3000 cases produced in an abundant vintage). Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Ch. Beauséjour (previously known as Ch. Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse) is one of the finest Premier Grand Cru Classé estates in Saint-Emilion. Situated between Ch. Canon and Ch. Angélus on the limestone plateau, it is one of the best positioned in the appellation.