Community Tasting Notes (450) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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    2/17/2024 - Likes this wine: 93 Points

    A slightly more generous version of ‘82 Ducru with a tight core of hard cranberry and red fruit. Intense and compelling. Excellent balance of tannin and acidity. Classic Ducru. Rewarding on its own terms.

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    2/4/2024 - Likes this wine:

    Pretty spectacular. This bottle was still dark purple with no bricking or browning on the edges. Perfect structure with dried fruit and lots of spice. Silky texture just glides over the palate. I don’t think this is going to improve, but this bottle (with the $29.99 price tag still on it) did not feel like it was in any sort of decline.

    I had hoped to taste this at Christmas next to a fantastic 2007 Raffault Picasses, but in retrospect, this was so much more powerful and polished that it wouldn’t have been a fair comparison.

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    1/19/2024 - wrote: 94 Points

    Last bottle was just shy of 8 years ago. Both bottles were moved 2 times during their existence. Perfect cork. Initial pour revealed a copious amount of fruit. I let the wine sit in the bottle for 45 min and then poured into the glass. For this bottle, that wasn’t nearly enough. After aggressive swirling throughout dinner which was 2.5 hours after the cork was pulled, this finally started to open up with light and bright fruit emerging. This particular bottle deserved a 45 min decant based on the initial fruit forward first sip. This has to be in its prime and if you have a perfectly stored bottle like this one, I can see this drinking well for 5 plus years with ease. This really is a complete wine that is perfectly balanced with a long finish. This paired well with pure bred wagyu filets and sweet potato.

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    1/11/2024 - Likes this wine: 86 Points

    Improved with decanting for 45 min. Ruby color, light floral nose, probably 5-7 years past its prime but still drinking nicely it with diminished tannins and fruit. Score 86

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    1/6/2024 - wrote: 94 Points

    This is probably just past peak. It's definitely a mature wine at this point. This bottle was recorked by the Château in 2011. No decant. Opened for 4 hours with cork in at 60 degrees. This opens and develops significantly in the glass over a 10 minute period. Initial impression is mature dried fruit and mushroom. But once the air mixes in you get leather, smoked meat and a hint of earth. Lots going on here. It's still alive and well but I would drink now as I can't imagine it getting better and only losing the fruit it still has. Still shows moderate tannins. Medium-full bodied. Ahhh.... The days of 12.5% alcohol. So easy to drink.

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  • By Richard Jennings
    9/6/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Very dark red violet color; reticent, herb, green tobacco nose; tasty, youthful, silky textured, tart plum, currant, cedar palate, showing good breeding but restrained; medium-plus finish (decanted for 90 minutes)

  • By Richard Jennings
    3/11/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Medium dark red violet color; youthful, cassis, menthol, smoke, subtle green herb nose; delicious, poised, beginning to mature, cassis, herbaceous, cedar palate; medium-plus finish

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    6/9/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Tight, tasty, seamless plum, cedar palate; medium finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    5/22/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Intriguing berry nose with tangy caramel notes; tasty, plum, berry, licorice and tar palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    1/28/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 97 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Wonderful, plummy, coffee, gorgeous nose; very tasty, coffee, caramel, plum palate with a hint of wintermint; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    1/21/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Raisiny nose; nice cedary, tart cherry fruit, good acid, still young tasting 93+ pts.

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