Haut-Beausejour, St-Estephe

Created in 1992 when Jean-Claude Rouzaud of Champagne Louis Roederer merged two Saint-Estèphe Cru Bourgeois properties, Picard and Beauséjour. Roederer sold it in 2017 to Pierre Rousseau, owner of Laffitte-Carcasset. The vineyard is now about 10 hectares of gravel and clay with some limestone, planted 56% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. James Suckling gave the 2016 92 points, finding enough cassis fruit, smoke and minty freshness" to carry its structure."