{"product_id":"chateau-beausejour-duffau-lagarrosse-1981","title":"Chateau Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1981 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1869 a single Saint-Émilion estate called Beauséjour was divided between two heirs. One half eventually became Beau-Séjour Bécot; the other passed to the Duffau-Lagarrosse family, who then held it for more than a century and a half. This bottle is from that second half — around seven hectares on the limestone slope just west of the town, one of the smallest \u003cstrong\u003ePremier Grand Cru Classé\u003c\/strong\u003e holdings in the appellation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is Merlot-dominant with a substantial share of Cabernet Franc, grown on shallow soil over rock and aged in cellars cut into the same limestone. It has always been a wine of scent and length rather than bulk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1981 was a good, rain-touched Right Bank year. At forty-five, a wine of this scale is mature and fragile in the way old Saint-Émilion becomes: stood upright, decanted carefully, drunk the same evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e Small-scale, perfumed Saint-Émilion of this age is genuinely fragile — it can be lovely for an hour and then fade in the glass, so it wants opening on the day it is served.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Suits a 45th birthday or a sapphire wedding anniversary in 2026, and particularly a recipient who prefers a small, obscure Premier Grand Cru to a large famous one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e There is very slight cellar staining on the label, and the fill is right at the bottom of the neck — close to the best you will see on a 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58378783392088,"sku":"ANNO-005745","price":159.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/chateau-beausejour-duffau-lagarrosse-1981_d73c00d5-6a1a-4abc-b98c-bb455f366dec.jpg?v=1790767559","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-beausejour-duffau-lagarrosse-1981","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}