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Red
1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Label borrowed from 1979
Label borrowed from 1979
Label borrowed from 1979
Label borrowed from 1979
Label borrowed from 1979
Community Tasting Notes 106
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Denis St Medard Likes this wine: 93 points
January 6, 2024 - Deuxième fois qu’on le déguste en trois semaines et toujours la même émotion : ce vin est tout en finesse et en élégance avec une belle acidité qui le maintient plus que vivant : nez sur le cuir et les notes de mousse et de sous-bois, milieu de bouche de bonne tenue mais sans être démonstratif et surtout très belle longueur pleine de charme, d’équilibre et de raffinement. Bref un grand et vieux cru classé bordeaux comme on les aime, qui arrive à faire se télescoper le passé et le présent dans un simple flacon de verre…Magique !
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Denis St Medard Likes this wine: 92 points
November 11, 2023 - Un grand cru de la rive gauche fidèle à son appellation : un nez de cuir et de mousse, une matière encore ample bien soutenue par une belle acidité, d’une certaine façon un vin imparfait mais avec un charme fou, qui est très digeste et encore bien vivant après 45 ans !
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MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
January 21, 2023 - The 50 Big Bash (Harry's NYC): Drinks very much like a classic old Bordeaux with the leather and library and cigar smoke and all of that.
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dchain Likes this wine: 92 points
December 15, 2022 - From d-mg. Light ruby. So fragrant, lots of red cherry, black tea, forest floor, touch of leather and also white lily. No tertiary notes at all. On the palate it is medium bodied (in a good way!) and everything in harmony and balance and lovely freshness still. Wonderful and in this format plenty of life left in it!
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10xM Likes this wine: 90 points
July 28, 2022 - Didnt have time to take notes much. Cedar, fruit, medium body, sediments at the bottom of the bottle. Balance of fruit and tertiary aromas.
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By Yohan Castaing
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou vertical tasting: 1953-2018, 6/1/2021 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Cabernet Sauvignon, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2020, Issue #89, Recently-Tasted Bordeaux And Revisiting the 1855 Left Bank Classification(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2012, Issue #39, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: One of Bordeaux’s Greatest Estates(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Where the Heart Is: Ducru-Beaucaillou 1934-2018 (Jul 2022) (link)(Ducru-Beaucaillou Ducru-Beaucaillou Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
3/7/2013 (link) 91 points(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Bricked medium brown red color; very mature, tobacco, cedar nose; cedar, tobacco, lightly meaty palate; medium-plus finish
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By Lyle Fass
10/3/2004 (link)(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou) Classic nose of tar, leather, horsehair, cassis, cherry and smoke. Soft and medium-bodied palate with a touch of dryness on the finish. Fully mature but with some dry tannin that went away with the meat I was having. A nice claret but not mindblowing.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1978
- Type Red
- Producer Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Julien
- UPC Codes 000004111726, 0649944033509, 3364420008365, 3364420009805, 400001878156, 802236000355
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 5 (0%)
- In Cellars 768 (57%)
- Consumed 573 (43%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
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- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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