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2011 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Croix de Beaucaillou
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
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Community Tasting Notes 25
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Spoiler68 Likes this wine: 90 points
September 23, 2022 - Ready to go
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bearbonky wrote: 89 points
February 16, 2022 - Opened at Clarity 2/14/22. Opened up nicely, still a touch of tannins. Finished 2/16/22. Maintained its St Julien body.
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stayhappy21 wrote: 88 points
November 23, 2021 - Drank this at Diamond Kitchen (Science Park) with my wine mates. Theme of the evening: Old World wines.
Dark purple in colour, with notes of oak, plums, dark coffee, and some minerals. Beautiful nose with good structure and body. Long finish. -
Collector1855 wrote: 86 points
January 9, 2021 - Served as part of a larger line up. Dark garnet. Oak, oak and then some more oak. This is rather extracted for the vintage, trying to be more it can in the measly 2011 vintage. I think you can buy a supermarket wine instead of this, same commercial style. Very unfitting bling bling label too, apparently designed by Jade Jagger. Makes the wine look like to be a bottle to be served at a Russian night club instead of a dinner table.
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PMJak11 wrote: 92 points
September 19, 2020 - 1hr+ decant and needed more. Dark purple color. Lovely nose of violets, coffee, oak, and tar. Wine is harsh on the palate and lacks fruit and depth. Was more spicy than I would have expected. Develops earthy and smoke flavors with air, but had a medium minus finish. Not bad value, but expected more.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux 2011: The top rated wines tasted 10 years on, 2/19/2021 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, La Croix de Beaucaillou, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/22/2015 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou, Croix de Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Julia Harding, MW
4/3/2012 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou, La Croix de Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2012, Issue #38, The 2011 Bordeaux Vintage Unprecedented Conditions Lead to Very Mixed Quality, But With Some Truly Outstanding Gems to Be Found(La Croix de Beaucaillou) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type Red
- Producer Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Croix de Beaucaillou
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
- UPC Codes 370027464797, 3701034100755, 3760131687200, 4000126381911, 836974000131
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 509 (69%)
- Consumed 234 (31%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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