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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 224 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Oliverl1 on 4/23/2024 & rated 91 points: Fabulous wine. This bottle had obviously been kept very well. It took about 3 hours to open up. (251 views) | | | Tasted by LuckyLars on 3/31/2024 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. Bouquet was a tad unyielding at first but revealed hints of tobacco, cedar and dark fruit. Medium bodied with good acidity and balance. A delicious wine with a solid finish. At a lovely point in it's maturity but I do not believe it has a few rather than many years ahead of it. (393 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 3/1/2024: Nothing much has changed over the past year. This is still exceptionally balanced and a pleasure to drink. No need to wait but it’ll last another 10+ easily. (495 views) | | | Tasted by wa2ofd on 12/22/2023: From mag and decanted an hour. Truth be told not sure it needed a decant. These 99s are a crowd pleaser. Still great fruit and not much tannins. Never met a Ducru I didn’t like! (714 views) | | | Tasted by wa2ofd on 11/4/2023: Drinking beautifully. No need to decant. 15mins or so in glass will do it. (883 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 7/2/2023 & rated 95 points: Really delicious. Fuller bodied and riper than expected. Delicious primary blackcurrant and cassis, with saddle leather, cedar wood and dried rose petals behind. Good acidity gives lift. Long and complex. Drinking beautifully now and will continue to develop for many years. (1253 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 3/5/2023 & rated 93 points: Académie des Cinquante Tasting and Dinner with the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux (Restaurant Entrepot, Amsterdam, NL): Magnum. A great success in this unheralded vintage, fresh and delicate, elegant, harmonious, a forgotten vintage that was excellent in the southern medoc, so gentle and delicate, still energetic, un grand charmeur. (2819 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 3/5/2023 & rated 94 points: Deep, dark ruby with no sign of color degradation. Cocoa-dusted blackberries with red berries with white pepper on the nose. Somewhat thin-bodied on the front palate with red berry notes followed quickly by strong blackberry cobbler and yellow cake notes (not uranium). Raspberries and a confectionary note are also in the mix. Delicious. (1463 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 2/12/2023: Similar note to last time.
This is lovely on the nose and smooth on the palate. It’s in a nice spot now and will be great for another 10+ years. (1397 views) | | | Tasted by ElmarV on 12/31/2022 & rated 91 points: Noch immer gut. Meine aber nicht, dass der Wein noch besser werden wird. (1338 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 12/17/2022 & rated 92 points: This bottle came out a bit more dense and adding a little bit more weight, a classy St Julien of course, slightly darker, a bit young and closed this time! (1168 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 7/13/2022 & rated 93 points: Decent aroma of fragrant red fruits, medium body, a wine of subtlety, with an alluring finish! (1529 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 11/28/2021: Upon opening, black licorice and espresso on the nose. A bit of tobacco and cassis, accented by baking spice.
Medium body on the palate with moderate acidity and nicely integrated tannin. It’s very polished and enjoyable now. That said, a few more years would do this bottle good. Try again in 3. Great stuff! (2115 views) | | | Tasted by S-C-S on 8/31/2021 & rated 92 points: Decant for 3 hours (2374 views) | | | Tasted by Decanting Queen on 5/8/2021 & rated 92 points: This could have used a bit more decant time (probably had 90 min) but still drinking well. Enticing nose of fruit and tobacco, tannins silky and smooth, plenty of acid. Noticed the abv more than I expected so that was to only thing that prevented it from being really great. I still think this wine has plenty more cellar time for my palate. (3999 views) | | | Tasted by dmvatl on 5/8/2021: Garnet to tawny in color, aged, warm, spice and elegant. Dark fruit and tobacco on the nose. Drinking quite nice, decanted! (2308 views) | | | Tasted by Taronti on 3/21/2021 & rated 92 points: A bit of red fruit, some lead pencil. Good acidity, good central tannins and length. Needs at least 2 hours aeration. Possibly better in s few years. (2343 views) | | | Tasted by jkoenen on 3/19/2021 & rated 93 points: LOvely! Fresh red fruit, roasted herbs and verggies. Beefstew, smoke and black pudding <3 (1751 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 3/7/2021 & rated 93 points: This is not a top vintage of Ducru as it lacks some heft and complexity but it possesses great silky purity and just flows over the tongue with classic flavors of dark fruits, smoky cedar and graphite minerals. This is a perfect time to drink this beautiful wine which is so smooth and refined. A great showing! (1816 views) | | | Tasted by ElmarV on 1/22/2021 & rated 90 points: Hermann meint, er könne noch liegen bleiben. (1614 views) | | | Tasted by ANWW89 on 12/25/2020 & rated 92 points: 1.5 hour decant. good drinking period. opened up well. tobacco, wet leaves, oolong tea, cedar, pencil lead. fine and elegant rather than powerful. quite simple. moderate finish. not a showstopper but still good (1684 views) | | | Tasted by Ricky99 on 11/3/2020 & rated 92 points: Lead pencil and leather on nose
Tannins still pretty forward
Finish is beautiful (1827 views) | | | Tasted by Comte Flaneur on 8/14/2020 & rated 91 points: This bottle has lovely lush red fruit and plenty of secondary development and refinement but this bottle has a bit of a hole in the mid-palate and a slightly under-ripe note. The overall package was very satisfying and this wine is well in the drinking window but deserves two points less than last time, when I didn’t encounter that air pocket. (2304 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoffalstaff on 7/15/2020 & rated 94 points: Comte Flaneur summarises this very well. So glad this has come round so well. This was richer and lusher than I had recalled (2045 views) | | | Tasted by Elkcims on 4/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Medium bodied, silky, crushed stones, boysenberry. Expressive yet not over the top. (2389 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/24/2022)
(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Yohan Castaing
Decanter, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou vertical tasting: 1953-2018 (6/1/2021)
(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Cabernet Sauvignon, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, A Century of Bordeaux: The Nines (Sep 2019) (9/1/2019)
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JancisRobinson.com (6/25/2009)
(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96
(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90
(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Where the Heart Is: Ducru-Beaucaillou 1934-2018 (Jul 2022)
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A visit to Ducru Beaucaillou -https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/08/ducru-beaucaillou.html
"Pour Boys" Chicago vertical tasting of Ducru Beaucaillou -
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Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
VdB
The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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