2009 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Red Bordeaux Blend
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By Julia Harding, MW
(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
4/14/2023, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Decanter
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By Yohan Castaing
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou vertical tasting: 1953-2018, 6/1/2021, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Jeb Dunnuck
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Bordeaux 2009: One of the Greats, 11/23/2020, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou vertical, 9/20/2019, (See more on Decanter...)
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By James Suckling
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3/11/2019, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)
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By Neal Martin
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By Neal Martin
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By Neal Martin
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A Test Of Greatness: 2009 Bordeaux Ten Years On (March 2019), 3/1/2019, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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2/14/2019, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
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Bordeaux 2009 10 years on, 2/7/2019, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Richard Hemming, MW
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5/15/2018, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Jeb Dunnuck
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Let the Good Times Roll: 2015 Bordeaux from Bottle, 11/30/2017, (See more on JebDunnuck.com...)
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By Alex Hunt, MW
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10/12/2015, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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1/17/2013, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
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May/Jun 2012, Issue #39, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: One of Bordeaux’s Greatest Estates
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2010, Issue #28, (See more on The World of Fine Wine...)
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By Ian D'Agata
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May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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3/31/2010, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
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Mar/Apr 2010, Issue #26, The 2009 Bordeaux Vintage- Futures’ Glory?
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By Chris Kissack
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March 2010, (See more on Winedoctor...)
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By Neal Martin
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Where the Heart Is: Ducru-Beaucaillou 1934-2018 (Jul 2022), (See more on Vinous...)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2009
- TypeRed
- ProducerChâteau Ducru-Beaucaillou
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code000004111726, 087000346642, 3364420008365, 3364420009805, 3364420059176, 3419466180824, 3448821204820, 3452130038113, 3760131685053, 3760131685879, 400001878156, 616773446084, 802236000355
4/10/2024 - sdkaplan Likes this wine: 94 Points
The nose on this wine is so beautiful. Classic st Julien. But the palate needs some time to develop. After 4 hours decanting it was still tight. Needs another 5-10 years to find its full groove. But a beautiful wine with tons of potential and still enjoyable now.
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4/3/2024 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine:
I don’t know if it is bottle variation, or any problems during transportation or storage, this bottle just does not show very well tonight. The nose is reductive, closed, and the tannin is grippy and bitter. The wine is so tight and only changed little after 14-hr decanting. Very backward comparing to other 2009s I’ve tasted. However, you can still feel the finesse and elegance behind the curtain of tannin. I’m looking forward to taste it again maybe 5 years later.
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3/23/2024 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine:
A Burg-guy’s eye view of Bordeaux (with grilled lamb)
Rich. Chocolate and blackberries with ample balancing acid and gritty tooth-gripping tannins. 85% Cab/15% Merlot, 13.5% Alc.
This is excellent, a steak wine to rule them all and years of development to go. Even a Pinot person like me can like this one. The welcome spine of acid and tannic grip keeps this ship on an even keel. All that said, I must not be wired for Bordeaux because I’d take a well-made OR Pinot or 1er Burg any day of the week in place of this pedrigreed Cab blend.
That said, I have a few more bottles to sample down the years (in the name of science), and um, I’m not selling them.
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2/25/2024 - englishman's claret wrote: 95 Points
Tasted blind over the course of a day, the 2009 Ducru-Beaucaillou really dazzles. This example is still a hair reductive but it's obviously pretty, full of griottine and pencil, slightly floral, cedary, and saline-filled. I love the soft fragrance of the nose and the fullness in the mouth is matched by a wonderful energy. There's both plenty of 2009 vintage character and terroir specificity, the latter perhaps tempering the potential excesses of the former.
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11/11/2023 - iBurg1229 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Vintage Wine - Bordeaux Tasting 11/11/23: 13.5% ABV. Deep ruby core, garnet rim. Decanted for 2.5 hours.
Blackberry, cassis, black plum, violet, cigar box, nutmeg, clove, hint of barnyard. Beautiful acidity gives an ethereal and silky mouthfeel. Plush, round tannins. Finish seems endless.
This is a profound wine and Ducru has put on an absolute masterclass in balancing elegance, complexity, richness, and depth of flavor. That “iron fist, velvet glove” thing that people like to assign to wine - insert that here because this is the poster child of that. This is starting to hit its stride now, but has more evolution and decades of runway to go. 99-100 point potential.
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