Chateau Beauregard 2023

Open, red‑fruited, sour cherry, charred wood; fresh palate, delicate fruit, fine‑grained tannins, showing elegance, drive and a fresh, saline finish. Once again impresses with finesse rather than power.

Really ripe and aromatic nose, so floral and fragranced — highly charged and perfumed. Strong and full on the palate, quite ripe, a little tight, with lots of tense tannins and touches of toasted oak just restraining the final flavour and overall expression. Not so charming, very linear and strict, but there’s also purity and detail with a core of deep black fruit.

Deep merlot fruit aromas with a chalky, lightly peppery edge. Plush yet quite restrained. Well judged and precise, with ripe, juicy fruit and fine, satiny tannins that are polished yet tense and cohesive. Medium- to full-bodied with an elegant finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

Chocolate, flowers, black cherries, plums, spice, truffle, and licorice nuances open the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, polished, fresh, dark, and chewy, with chalky, dark red pit fruits, along with touches of orange rind, espresso, and cocoa on the back end. Give this just a few years, and it will be fully ready to go. The wine blends 74% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2027–2042. 13.5% ABV. 92–94 pts.

Dark ruby, deep core, purple reflections, brightening on the edge. Fresh cherries, nuances of plums, candied orange zest, floral touch. Medium body, balanced, red-berry fruit, fine tannins, good freshness, nougat on the finish, good ageing potential.

74% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, pH 3.8, 43 hl/ha, 13.5% vol. Seductive blueberry bouquet, elegant violet perfume, graphite and blueberry drops. On the complex palate, a silky texture, tightly knit tannin framework and a straight, focused body. Concentrated finish with freshly picked blue berries, dark minerality and fine-grained astringency.

Again, this majors on fairly heavy coffee notes on the opening, but there is also a creamy character to the black fruits, with edges of roses that lift the palate on the finish and add Pomerol typicity.