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CHATEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU 2me cru classe, St-Julien 2022 Bottle
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CHATEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU 2me cru classe, St-Julien 2022 Bottle
About this wine
Taking its name from its uniquely rocky terroir (“beau caillou” translates as “beautiful stones”), and Bertrand Ducru who purchased the estate in 1795, what we know today as Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou as a wine producing estate, has history stretches back to the 13th century.
Owned today by The Borie family (who have long-standing roots of their own in Bordeaux), the Chateau is, according to many, producing the best wines in their history at this very moment. The 2016 vintage has already been hailed as yet another monumental success for the winery with Antonio Galloni praising it as “simply magnificent”.
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Expert Review
Andrew Caillard MW
Deep crimson. Liquorice, dark cherry, blackcurrant, mocha, hint saline meaty aromas with vanilla notes. Richly concentrated dense dark chocolate, dark cherry liquorice flavours, fine bittersweet tannins, grainy cedar oak plus graphite firm finish. Very polished and precise wine with sweet and savoury notes. (Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot blend 100% new oak)
(97-98) points, Andrew Caillard MW - The Vintage Journal (April 2023)
Expert Review
James Suckling
Some much creme de cassis and blackcurrant aromas and flavors here. Full-bodied with powerful tannins, yet fine and layered. Chewy. You can really feel the thick grape skins here. Excellent length. Tannins spread across the palate. Minerally and crushed stone.
(97-98) points, JamesSuckling.com (April 2023)
Expert Review
William Kelley
One of the Médoc'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 asserts itself on the finish, it's a punchy, modern Saint-Julien reminiscent of a hypothetical blend of the 2018 and 2020.
(94-96) points, Wine Advocate (April 2023)
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is a prestigious second growth (Deuxième Cru Classé) Chateau in Saint-Julien. Owned by the Borie family, the estate has 75 ha of vineyards encircling the Chateau, running alongside the Gironde river and extending to the fringes of the town of St Julien. The vineyards anchored on deep gravel and pebble soils are planted to 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. The Chateau is widely considered a ‘super-second’, consistently producing a deeply coloured rich and powerful wine with tremendous capacity to age. A second wine called La Croix de Beaucaillou is also produced.