Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Herbal and minty ROSEMARY. DARK CHOCOLATE. Red cassis, currant, crushed minerality. Empty cigar box. Intensely concentrated.
Herbal and minty ROSEMARY. DARK CHOCOLATE. Red cassis, currant, crushed minerality. Empty cigar box. Intensely concentrated.
Nov 12th, 2023
Again, cedar , cassis, leather, graphite, pepper.
Again, cedar , cassis, leather, graphite, pepper.
Jul 16th, 2023
67 mystery year but wow…low neckperfect cork…only good bottles not always good years! Simply delicious can’t stop drinking it :)
67 mystery year but wow…low neckperfect cork…only good bottles not always good years! Simply delicious can’t stop drinking it :)
Apr 16th, 2023Great wine and really opens up about 30min in. It could use a little more time in the cellar but, with the right steak it is ready to go.
Great wine and really opens up about 30min in. It could use a little more time in the cellar but, with the right steak it is ready to go.
Mar 30th, 2023
Vintage 2015 | paired with beef tenderloin
Vintage 2015 | paired with beef tenderloin
Mar 17th, 2023
#AgedWineTuesday
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and a great mouthfeel.
Showing black fruits with earth, vanilla, cedar, leather, licorice, tobacco leaf, peppercorn, pencil lead, dark coffee, spices and dark chocolates.
Nice length on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
What a great Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from Saint Julien.
This gorgeous wine feels much younger than it is right now. Complex and tasty.
This 18 year old will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 4 hours in the decanter.
Wine Spectator 96 points. Wine Advocate 97 points.
Thank you Robbie for sharing this with me.
The 2005 vintage was outstanding, and it's really shining through right here.
Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a Charcuterie board of meats and cheeses. Will pair nicely with a nice piece of steak.
A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot. Aged in 100% new French oak barrels.
13% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$325.
#AgedWineTuesday
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and a great mouthfeel.
Showing black fruits with earth, vanilla, cedar, leather, licorice, tobacco leaf, peppercorn, pencil lead, dark coffee, spices and dark chocolates.
Nice length on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
What a great Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from Saint Julien.
This gorgeous wine feels much younger than it is right now. Complex and tasty.
This 18 year old will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 4 hours in the decanter.
Wine Spectator 96 points. Wine Advocate 97 points.
Thank you Robbie for sharing this with me.
The 2005 vintage was outstanding, and it's really shining through right here.
Good by itself or with food. I paired it with a Charcuterie board of meats and cheeses. Will pair nicely with a nice piece of steak.
A blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot. Aged in 100% new French oak barrels.
13% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$325.
Twelth Night. Tad tired for this early in its life. Tad Bretty. Dark fruit persists.
Twelth Night. Tad tired for this early in its life. Tad Bretty. Dark fruit persists.
Jan 7th, 2023
The 2018 Ducru-Beaucaillou, tasted just after my in-bottle tastings, is all mint and violet over the nose, precocious and generous, very pure and enticing. The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak that will be subsumed with time. This is very pure, beautifully balanced, silky smooth with great precision on the finish. It is a superb 2018 that will need at least a decade in the cellar and with even more pixelation than the bottle earlier this year, it gets another precision point in my score. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2022)
The 2018 Ducru-Beaucaillou, tasted just after my in-bottle tastings, is all mint and violet over the nose, precocious and generous, very pure and enticing. The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak that will be subsumed with time. This is very pure, beautifully balanced, silky smooth with great precision on the finish. It is a superb 2018 that will need at least a decade in the cellar and with even more pixelation than the bottle earlier this year, it gets another precision point in my score. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2022)
The 2017 Ducru-Beaucaillou appears to have gained a little opulence since I last tasted it, just after bottling. Here it is armed with precocious blackberries, bilberry, violet petals and potpourri. Wonderful definition. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte, saturated tannins, superb intensity yet a Ducru-Beaucaillou with linearity and strictness. It is elevated by a saline finish that leaves the tongue tingling afterwards. A very fine Saint-Julien, it needs 4-5 years in the cellar. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2022)
The 2017 Ducru-Beaucaillou appears to have gained a little opulence since I last tasted it, just after bottling. Here it is armed with precocious blackberries, bilberry, violet petals and potpourri. Wonderful definition. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte, saturated tannins, superb intensity yet a Ducru-Beaucaillou with linearity and strictness. It is elevated by a saline finish that leaves the tongue tingling afterwards. A very fine Saint-Julien, it needs 4-5 years in the cellar. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2022)