A relatively new Château in Bordeaux terms Haut-Beausejour is one of the Saint-Estèphe estates in the stable of Jean Claude Rouzard who is also the owner of the Champagne house Roederer. The 2016 is a blend of 62% cabernet Sauvignon and 36% Merlot which was fermented in large wooden vats before being aged for around 12 months in French oak barrels, about a third of which were new. The resulting wine has plenty of ripe, dark fruit flavours, hints of oak, some peppery spice, and floral notes and achieves a great balance between ripe fruit, spicy oak and smooth tannins. It signs off with a long, silky finish.