In Bond Fine Wine. 2021 Château Ducru Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France. Second Growth • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2027–2061. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
This Second Growth estate has been owned by the Borie family for more than 60 years. Now managed by Bruno Borie and his sister Sabine Coiffe, Ducru is now producing quintessential St Julien, powerful and balanced, with a distinctive sleek character.
William Kelley (WK) — 94–96/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 29/04/2022
A wine that will delight Medoc purists, the 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of fully 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot and checks in at a mere 12.5% alcohol. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, loamy soil and spices, it's full-bodied, layered and velvety, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and powdery tannins. Complete and penetrating, it's a…
William Kelley (WK) — 94–96/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 28/04/2023
One of the Medoc's most powerful wines this year is the 2022 Ducru-Beaucaillou, a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot that opens in the glass with aromas of dark cherries and berries mingled with pencils shavings, vanilla pod and spices. Full-bodied, broad-shouldered and muscular, with a core of ripe but lively fruit underpinned by a chassis of powdery, liberally extracted tannin that…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 98/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 27/02/2024 · Drink 2031-2061
The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou captures all the potential it showed from barrel. A delicate, understated wine, the 2021 impresses above all else with its finesse. All the elements are impeccably balanced throughout. Time in the glass brings out the wine's inner sweetness and gorgeous perfume. The balance with oak, at times a challenge here, is also flawless. With lower alcohol and therefore also less…