LOCATION

Surrounded by other Premiers Grands Crus Classés, Château Beauséjour hDL is situated on the upper south/southwest-facing hillside of Saint-Émilion.

This ideal location allows the vines to benefit from an exposure and slope that are especially favourable to the growing of quality grapes. It optimizes the vineyard's runoff, drainage, aeration and amount of sunshine.

To reach the château proper, one must climb up to the small Saint-Martin Church. There, one discovers a Girondin-style manor house of blond stonework built up against the church on a promontory. Its terrace affords a breathtaking 360° panoramic view encompassing the isthmus of the Dordogne River and the surrounding vineyards and pigeon houses. At night, even the lights of Bordeaux are visible.

Below, a small shady park overlooks the road leading to the town of Libourne. Vestiges of the old wash house can still be seen, but only the very oldest can remember back to the days when this lovely lawn was grazed upon by the horse used to work the vines.

The property, which once also included the Beau-Séjour Bécot vineyard, today covers 7 hectares. Here, as well, the limestone is riddled with old stone quarries, which serve as natural cellars for the storage of the château's bottles.

This old manor house, in which each room and object evokes the memory of past generations that toiled to establish Beauséjour as a reference in Saint-Emilion, remains the common link between the various members of the Duffau-Lagarrosse family, extremely attached to the vineyard and to their common history. Their shared desire is to preserve, improve and pass down to their children this so aptly named château.