Château Ducru Beaucaillou

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Le Petit Ducru Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

2019 vintage. Technically the second wine of Ducru Beaucaillou, as the Croix comes from different vineyards. Juicy and attractive — 3 days ago

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Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien- Beychevelle Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

Structured dark wine, well balanced between acidity and creamy fruit, with a juicy acidic aftertaste and firm tannins. — a month ago

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

In line with the 96 Ducru I popped recently, fhis was a huge, almost slutty wine. Loads of black and blue fruit, soft cedar, but still extremely primary. On the palate: loads of black and red fruit, good acidity and a touch of leather. Stylish finely grained tannin on the finish. Lovely, but still needs 25 years. — 3 years ago

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Peter C

Peter C

Was fun drinking next to 95 Lafite.
9.3

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Paul K
9.5

Got a great deal on 6 pack of these two Bordeaux greats. Both got scores of 99, but the range of scores was pretty wide for both as well. I know I have to lay them down for 10 years+ but I wanted to try both for a baseline.
The Palmer is showing a lot more than the Ducru. It’s very enjoyable now! Nose is fantastic if a touch muted but still get nice cedar, black cherry, hint of floral, and something herbal. The palate is slate, cherry, blackberry, and currant. Not muted or closed in the least, but the slate thing overlays the fruit. Does that make sense? Help me describe that.
All in all I love this wine. Can’t hardly wait for 10 years from now. Guessing I won’t!
— 3 years ago

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James K

James K

I just picked up some of these two as well! Thanks for taking the hit and doing the early research. Much appreciated.
Deborah M

Deborah M

Beautiful 🤩!!
Paul K

Paul K

Thanks @Deborah M ! You’ve been on a tear lately!!!

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Full bodied with mostly black fruits, sweet spice, cedar, leather & tobacco — 19 days ago

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Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

Medium weight and finish. The 2017 is drinking smooth and easy now. It is a nice bottle for sure but this isn’t quite my jam — a month ago

Somm, Dave and 2 others liked this

Château Vannières

Bandol Mourvedre Blend 1998

1998 vintage. Cork a little dry near the bottom so called out the Durand for a rescue. Less meniscus than expected. Dusty, earthy nose. Medium body. Heaps of allspice/sandalwood, prunes and baking chocolate hovering about in the medicinal/oily nose and (mostly) in the flavor profile. Ridiculously reminiscent of an aged (‘80’s-‘90’s) Branaire-Ducru St. Julien BDX. So much so that, if blind tasting, that is the guess. This is gliding along. No highs or lows to navigate currently. Not a showstopper by any means but one helluva ringer in a blind tasting. Some bretty influences here and there but nothing warranting a red card/dq. Picked up slightly more body and a noticeable cinnamon/clove note on the finish after being open for an hour. Also...some muddiness along with a sudden frontal-palate richness (at the 1.5 hours open mark) reminiscent of Petit Verdot involvement/influence. WTF?!?! Bring it! 4.21.24. — a year ago

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Madame de Beaucaillou

Haut-Medoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Vintage 2018 | First time this wine. Young but so compelling. All Bordeaux characteristics. I wish I had it with a steak. — 23 days ago

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Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

1990 vintage. Excellent fill and halfway saturated cork. Used a Durand but surmise a regular waiter's friend, wielded carefully, could have done the trick with the cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 mins, one hour and two hours. Some obvious sed but not troublesome or overtly noticeable. Original owner-château direct on original release. Super cold cellar because this was lagging noticeably behind other '90's and LB's. Bigger tannic structure (for a generally feminine-styled house) than anything save a Latour, Mouton, Ducru Left Bank property. Even more guts than Lynch-Bages or Pichon-Baron '90's currently stored above 55 or so degrees. Surprising but made sense. Light-medium body. Appropriate color. 3-4 years left in this stage unless larger format in play. Slight, fleeting burst of richness in the frontal palate and a tad brickish and then it just flowed on, without speed bumps. A little cocoa powder and cedar/tobacco. Suspect 750ml specimens not stored as cold/religiously will be showing more in the 9.0-9.1 range and farther down the backside of the bell curve. 10.26.24. — a year ago

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Ron R

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Good notes, mate.
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

@Ron R Hey there! It's been a spell.