Chateau Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse

Château Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse is a Saint-Emilion wine estate classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé B in the Right Bank Bordeaux region. It makes red wine mostly from Merlot, typical of the style of Saint-Émilion and Right Bank Bordeaux producers.
The property had been a larger single estate until 1869 when it was divided between the two children of its original owner, Pierre-Paulin Ducarpe. The château and half the vineyards were inherited by his daughter, who married into the Duffau-Lagarrosse family.
The other half of the property went to Ducarpe's son and has become the modern estate Château Beau-Séjour Bécot. Pierre-Paulin Ducarpe's daughter took her husband's name, which now appears in the estate's full name: Château Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse (literally "Château Beauséjour Heirs of Duffau-Lagarrosse"). It has since been passed down through nine generations and remains in the family.

In 2009, Nicolas Thienpont from Château Pavie Macquin was hired to modernize Château Beauséjour, along with famous consultants Michel Rolland and Stéphane Derenoncourt. Changes brought on by the trio, including fermentation of whole grapes and punching down in open fermentation tanks, began with the 2009 vintage. The 2009 and 2010 vintages went on to score 100 points each from Parker.
A second wine called Croix de Beauséjour is made in conjunction with the grand vin. The estate goes by numerous names. In the wine trade, it is often referred to as "Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse" or even simply "Château Beauséjour" (although an estate of this name exists in Montagne-Saint-Emilion, and the title is easily confused with Beau-Séjour Bécot). Latterly, it has also been dubbed "Beauséjour HDL".