Tasting: Deep garnet red in appearance with a purple luster. On the nose, where the full impression has yet to develop, there is a suggestion of summer berries with notes of blackcurrant. The tasting reveals a wine of rather supple attack, distinguished by a firm, tannic structure which is the mark of all Cabernet Sauvignons and which a further year's development will help to render more supple.

Kept in reserve for the time being, the 1997 Château Haut-Beauséjour still has some years' maturation to go before coming into its own. A masculine wine of classic Saint-Estèphe style.

• 2010 (search item no. 121432)

In keeping with his passion for quality, Mr. Rouzaud made improvements in the vineyards, furnished the winery with state-of-the-art equipment, and surrounded himself with an accomplished team. Each year, Mr. Rouzaud participates in the blending of the wine himself to ensure excellence.