In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Château Croix Ducru Beaucaillou Croix Ducru Beaucaillou (2nd label of Ducru), Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France. Second wine • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (JD). Drinking window: 2023–2045. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 94/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 29/03/2023 · Drink 2026-2046
The second wine of Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou matches many chateaux's Grand Vins. Their 2020 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou (52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot) reveals a dense purple hue as well as full-bodied array of cassis, graphite, liquid violets, and tobacco. It has tons of minerality, a stacked mid-palate, and ripe tannins. Give bottles 2-4 years in the cellar and en…
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 92–95/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/05/2021
The second wine of the estate is the 2020 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou, composed of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot brought up in 60% new French oak. It's a much more concentrated, structured wine offering classic cassis and blackberry fruits intermixed with notes of scorched earth, tobacco, graphite, and chocolate. Playing in the medium to full-bodied end of the spect…