Château Beausejour (Duffau-Lagarrosse) is a Premier Grand Cru Classe B in the the St.-Emilion classification of Bordeaux. The 17-acre estate, on the Right Bank of the Gironde River, has been a vineyard since the Middle Ages. It was acquired by French winemaking families during the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1869 the vineyard was divided between the owner’s son and daughter as their inheritances. The daughter married a physician named Duffau-Lagarrosse, and her part of the estate became Château Beasejour-Duffau-Lagarrosse. Her brother’s half is what is today called Château Beau-Sejour Becot. Château Beausejour is still owned by the Duffau-Lagarrosse family. About 30,000 bottles are produced annually. The blend is generally 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Robert M. Parker has written that the estate’s wines “remain some of the most complex, ethereal St.-Emilions, generally dense and powerful but also reserved and austere, with mineral character.”