Château

Château Haut-Beauséjour

shah-TOH oh boh-say-ZHOOR
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A young Saint-Estèphe of Merlot on the 3rd terrace of the Médoc, created by Champagne Louis Roederer in 1992 and in the hands of Pierre Rousseau since 2017.

Appellation
Saint-Estèphe

The château

Haut-Beauséjour is a recent name in an old commune. Champagne Louis Roederer created it in 1992 and kept it until 2017, when Pierre Rousseau bought it; he is president of Rapido Group, one of the leading makers of motorhomes in Europe, and already owned Château Laffitte Carcasset in Saint-Estèphe.

The vineyard, about 10 hectares with vines 25 years old on average, lies mostly on the 3rd terrace of the Médoc, on deep, clayey gravel, pruned double Guyot Poussard and planted 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are sorted and fermented in temperature-controlled concrete vats, with the winemaking adapted to each parcel, and the wine spends 12 to 14 months in oak barrels, 50% new and the rest having held 1 wine.

At a glance

Appellation
Saint-Estèphe
Commune
Saint-Estèphe
Classification
No classification
Owner
Pierre Rousseau, since 2017; Champagne Louis Roederer from 1992
Vineyard
About 10 hectares; vines 25 years old on average; double Guyot Poussard
Soil
Deep, clayey gravel of the 3rd terrace of the Médoc Terroir of Saint-Estèphe →
Grapes
Merlot 85%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%
Cellar
Temperature-controlled concrete vats; 12 to 14 months in oak barrels, 50% new
Wines
Château Haut-Beauséjour
The house
Also Château Laffitte Carcasset, Saint-Estèphe

Sources

Institutions
Maison du Vin de Saint-Estèphe, Château Haut Beauséjour
Its own publications
Château Haut-Beauséjour: the estate, legal notice

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The record

Château Haut-Beauséjour is in the Saint-Estèphe appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

Private

By invitation only.

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