2014 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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  4/5/2024 - pinkhouse Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Starting to strut its stuff. 3 hour decant and it showed very well alongside the 2009, also superb.
  

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  3/17/2024 - Pmysliwi Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Lovely. Rich, but not jammy.

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  3/3/2024 - b swan wrote: 97 Points

  JA, Here we see the potential of 2014 in the right hands, and this stands out from its neighbours in northern Médoc, one to note down and look out for. Silky tannins, a ton of cocoa bean, bitter chocolate and espresso, blueberry and cassis fruits, along with turmeric, liqourice and clove spice. Perfectly-pitched acidity that softens into capuccinno creaminess though the mid palate followed by a juicy signoff. Slow build, just delicious. 100% new oak. Eric Boissenot consultant, Virginie Sallette technical director.

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  2/23/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points

  Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: Complex nose of forest floor, sweet spices, oak, dark fruit, complex. Succulent palate, elegant with very good aromatic complexity. Textbook Medoc. My personal WOTN and also Group Rank 1/15

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  2/22/2024 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points

  Bordeaux 2014 - 10 Years On - 15 Reds: Fifteen red wines (14 left bank/1 right bank). All tasted blind. The 2014 vintage turned out to be good, but not exceptional. This vintage is characterized by a cool, classic style with an impressive expression of fresh fruit. The wines were rich in blue fruit, supported by a fine mineral backbone, without succumbing to overripeness or overbearing fruitiness. Contrary to expectations, the wines were not overly austere and showed good (excellent at the top) tannin structure, contributing to a classic Bordeaux experience. However, it's important to note that while these wines have commendable qualities, they lack the complexity and, to a lesser extent, the finesse and elegance characteristic of the most celebrated vintages. Many of the wines seemed a bit simplistic. I think they are likely to peak in the early rather than mature into 30, 40, 50-year wines as I don’t think there is enough fruit. My top three were a layered, blue-fruited Ducru Beaucaillou, a strawberry-laden, purity-driven Montrose (both rated 94pts), and an elegant Pichon Lalande (93pts), foreshadowing the great things this estate has produced in vintages since. The group winner was also the Ducru.
  
  TN: Medium+ expressive nose with mostly dark berries and some blue fruit and a bit of minerality. The palate was quite strong with lots of dark berries, fresh dark berries, intense fresh and slightly candied blue fruit, minerality, some earthy notes and just a hint of luxurious oak. Even though the wine had been decanted for two hours, it was getting better by the minute. Highly precise rainbow of fresh fruit, superb minerality at the core with plenty of elegance and finesse in the structure and a long-lingering finish. The most complete wine of the tasting.
  
  Decanting: Decanted for 2 hours, would have needed used 3 to 4.

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