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Ducru Beaucaillou 2012

St Julien, Second Growth

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Tasting Notes

The color is a healthy deep ruby/purple and the wine smells beautiful, exhibiting lots of floral, crème de cassis, licorice and graphite notes. Medium-bodied but slightly deficient in the mid-palate at present, it picks up speed and finishes with serious authority and power. This 2012 should be outstanding, but it is difficult to favorably compare the 2012 to the prodigious wines produced at Ducru in 2009 and 2010. The 2012 will require 4-6 years of cellaring and should drink well for 15-20 years.

Score: 90 - 92

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2017-2037 26 April 2013

91% Cabernet Sauvignon! Bruno Borie had a vat that represented 0.75% of the total blend and Bruno claims you could taste the difference between whether it was included. Brilliant crimson. Just a hint of green leaves. A bit of meat extract. Great texture. Transparent. Really rather delicate - more so than other St-Juliens. Chapeau! Very distinctive. Fresh and delicate. Good interpretation of the vintage.

Score: 18

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2022-2038 23 April 2013

The plum, currant and blackberry fruit is well-integrated already, with taut anise, singed spice and apple wood notes. Sleek and refined, lacking the telltale sinew of the vintage. Very stylish through the finish, revealing a persistent anise note. Tasted non-blind.

Score: 93 - 96

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 08 April 2013

A very clean and pretty Ducru with fine tannins and a mineral floral character. Full body, yet racy and delicious. Pure and very elegant. Juicy and enticing.

Score: 92 - 93

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 04 April 2013