1990 Château Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) St. Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

Opulent, lush, flamboyant, showing and rich, from start to finish this had it all going on. Intensely concentrated, with layers of dark red plums, black cherries, thyme, crushed rocks and flowers, the wine coats your palate and seamlessly lingers.

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This mindblowing bottle hit every note on the scale! At 30 this is so rich, intense, opulent, concentrated, long and hedonistic, it's almost beyond belief. Bottled decadence with endless, non-stop waves of ripe, deep, palate filling fruit. The finish went well past the 60-second mark!

An intellectual sex bomb of a wine! Combining its potent blend of hedonism with concentrated layers of perfectly ripe, mineral-driven fruits, salty, velvet drenched tannins and a fruit-filled finish that lasts at least 60 seconds. This wine, if well stored is off the hook and off the charts. It is simply mind-blowing juice. Frightfully expensive, if you have patience, the 2009 and 2010 are both better, selling for about half the price of the 1990.

With the weight and heft of Vintage, dry Port, this got going and never stopped. Unctuous, rich and with so much density, you could eat it, or slowly sip from the glass, this had it all. The fruit, with its melange of ripe, over ripe, and perfectly ripe fruit, moved from black, to red and back to black again. The mineral driven nose, with its truffle, plum and smoke filled accents brought everything together. This is a wine for hedonists, that like to think about what's in their glass. This should age for decades, if properly cellared.

Spicy, smoky, licorice, incense, espresso bean, blackberry liqueur, roasted plum, wet earth and black peppery aromatics were in full force. And that was not even close to the main event. On the palate, the wine is intense, erotic and incredibly sexy in a good girl, gone bad way. The texture was akin to liquid silk. This decadent wine can be summed up as pure sex in a bottle. As a tip, I'm positive that the 2009 and 2010 at the same age will be even better!

One of the most consistently stunning wines, this bottle was no exception. Still young in color, the nose, with its tobacco, blackberry liqueur, tobacco, smoke, Cuban cigar wrapper and dark plum aromatics really prime your pump. When the waves of dense, lush, opulent, sweet, fresh fruits begins to coat your palate, you know you're in for a true ride of pleasure. Balanced, powerful and harmonious, this is one of the few, expensive wines that is actually worth the money.

One of the great wines of your life, with its unique, erotic textures, exotic perfumes and one of a kind character. The fruit is perfectly ripe, with just the right amount of over ripeness and al dente character to deliver a complex, tasting experience that needs to be tasted at least once. As good as this is, I'm betting the 2009 and 2010 are even better! We just need to be patient.

As good as this bottle was, it was not quite at the level of the best bottles. Yet, even with that in mind, the showy, mineral driven truffle, tobacco, black plum, cherry pie and earthy nose grabbed you. Full bodied, deep and concentrated, the tannins are plush, plush and powerful, allowing the wine to feel like pure, polished elegance. However this bottle was not quite as deep as the best bottles and slowly faded in the glass after an hour. All things considered, this was still an amazing treat.

1990 Beausejour remains deeply colored. What I loved about this Bordeaux wine was, it started with a powerful fragrance filled with fresh herbs, ripe black fruits, spice, minerals, fennel, smoke and flowers. The flavors cascading across my palate were filled with plums and incredibly decadent, ripe black fruit. This amazingly concentrated wine has a mouth feel that is as exotic as Guigal's La Mouline from a great year! And the massive concentration had as much fruit and weight as a great year of Latour! Everything was in perfect balance with an worldly finish lasting 60 seconds or more. The wine continued developing in the glass for over 2 hours. It would kept getting better for several hours after that, but, it was difficult not to keep drinking it.

Aromatics jump from the glass like a bullet from a gun! Licorice, truffle, crushed stone, black cherry liqueur, plum, spice, flowers, earth and forest floor notes start the party, but the main event takes place with an endless series of waves made from black licorice, essence of cherry, truffle, plum and chocolate. The motor oil, rich finish remains on your palate for over sixty seconds! And it’s still not fully mature!!!

There are great wines. There are the world's great wines. Some bottles go one step further offering "Oh My God," tasting experiences! 1990 Beausejour Duffau can be an OMG wine. With a perfume that explodes with black licorice, truffle, crushed rocks, smoke, black raspberries, BBQ, spicy black cherries, forest floor and tobacco scents, your nose is riveted to the glass. Once past the compelling perfume, waves of incredibly concentrated pure, ripe, dark fruits and minerality coats your mouth and palate, due to the amazing viscosity of the wine. The dry Port like finish of plum liqueur remains for over sixty seconds. This incredible Bordeaux wine tasting experience is only going to get better over the next few decades. It will be interesting to see if the 2009 or 2010 reach this same level of perfection. This bottle was popped and poured into a decanter and served within a few minutes.

It explodes from the glass with an array of ripe scents blackberry liqueur, caramel, tobacco, licorice, jam and espresso. Opulent decadence, is either the name of a Porn Star, or what this wine deserves to be called. Rich, deep, concentrated and intense, the amazing mouth coating finish fills every nook and cranny of mouth, palate and sense. This amazing wine is young and will only get better with time.

This was stuffed with plums, blackberry, floral and wood aromas. This is a very sexed up, decadent, style of wine with an opulent character that will keep improving and adding complexity for years.

Truffles, truffles and more truffles were in the nose, along with spice, herbs, tobacco, earth, dried cherries and lavender notes. This amazingly, rich, full bodied, concentrated, decadent Bordeaux wine is a perfect expression of St. Emillion. Elegant and exotic, ripe, complex and sexed up, this unique Bordeaux excited the palate and senses. Some bottles bring tears when you drink them. Others bring tears to your eyes when you finish them

Deeply colored. A huge nose of blackberry liqueur, spices, herbs, minerals and coffee truly explode from the glass. Massive amounts of concentrated ripe fruit fill the glass and your palate. The wine ends with intense layers of deep, rich, opulent, decadent fruit that seem to last close to a minute. Very rich and velvety with motor oil weight that's thrilling to experience.

Incredible purity of fruit. Balance, elegance, richness, extrodinary concentration and a complex finish that lasts over a minute. Very powerful. Interestingly, while in Bordeaux in June, I had dinner with their previous winemaker who told me a lot of the power in that wine comes from the large percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. 25% CS is in the cepage! Still young, this wine as good as it is will only get better.

Tasted from a bottle that had not been moved was a treat. I experience this wine a lot in America, but having one that has never moved was even better as it showed so young. The man who brought it used to work at Beausejour and when I asked him what made this so much better and bigger than any other vintage, he said... "aside from the extra ripeness the wine was allowed to achieve, they also included a large percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend." 90 Beausejour, at almost 18 years of age remains young. Intense, ripe, rich, lush and exotic in style. A complex perfume is made even better with an amazing, seamless finish. This is an outrageous wine.

Deep color and an exciting, complex nose that explodes from glass! Flamboyant is the best descriptor I can think of for the palate. Endless layers of rich, opulent fruit cascade over your palate. The viscosity this wine displays must be experienced to be believed.

The color is so dark, it looks like a 2000 Bordeaux. The glass explodes with ripe fruit, oak, and assorted spices. Massive layers of plush, decadent, opulent, plumy, black fruit coat your senses. The seemingly endless finish is kicked up with touches of licorice and chocolate. Still young and tannic. Stupendous wine

This flamboyant juice is utterly captivating. The perfume blends toasty oak, exotic Asian spices, coffee, floral and licorice scents. The body is thick with a mouth feel that reminds me of a great vintage of La Mouline. I’ve read the proprietor claims, “the wine was made by accident, he left the fruit on the vines too long.” Why can’t he repeat that same mistake?

At 14 years of age, 90 Beausejour is still inky black. Ripe black fruit, herbs, smoke, licorice and flowers made the perfume. The flavors cascading across my palate were filled with plums and incredibly decadent, ripe black fruit. This amazingly concentrated wine has a mouth feel that is as exotic as Guigal's La Mouline from a great year. The finish was other worldy lasting 60 seconds or more. The wine continued developing in the glass for over 2 hours