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Red
1996 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Community Tasting Notes 471
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Yffudp Likes this wine: 95 points
March 2, 2024 - Same notes as last year’s bottle
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ONEFIVE Likes this wine:
February 25, 2024 - A concetrated and deep nose of wet soil, cassia, black fruit, leather, and fresh tobacco.
Med+ body, med+ acid, med+ tannin.
This is drinking great. Plenty of fruit on the palate and a nice fresh acidity to balance it off. Tannins are grippy. This is in a nice spot. Not sure how much upside there is to holding but suggest trying again in the next year or two. -
VINNICK Likes this wine: 93 points
February 24, 2024 - Lovely bottle. Aging gracefully with plenty of time to age and drink even more beautifully over time. Have one more bottle that I’ll tuck away for 10 years or so.
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gout wrote: 92 points
February 11, 2024 - Medium deep red to slight browning at edge, lovely cedary bouquet with plenty of fruit, fairly soft tannins on the palate, nice fruit and beautifully balanced & a long finish.
A lovely bottle of claret. -
GuanYu Likes this wine: 93 points
January 24, 2024 - Dark ruby red with orange rim. Blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, cigar, pu'er tea, old saddle, and liquorice. Medium bodied, medium acidity, medium silky tannin, medium structure and medium alcohol. It was high tone (cool) but certain Zen to it. Long classic old school finish.
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Pro Reviews 18
Add a Pro ReviewJancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/24/2022 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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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.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
6/12/2016 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Bordeaux, France) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Alex Hunt, MW
10/12/2015 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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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.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
Chicago Recap, 11/2/2011(Ducru Beaucaillou) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/17/2011 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The WINEFRONT
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By Campbell Mattinson
2/26/2008 (link)(Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/8/2006 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/28/2002 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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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.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
4/30/2007 (link) 92 points(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Sweet black fruit nose; tasty, coffee and black fruit palate; medium grainy finish 92+ pts.
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
2/12/2006 (link)(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou) I've had this before and it has been spectacular but this was a strange bottle. Nose came roaring out of the gate with ripe fruits and some lead pencil, smoke, tar . . then then this stank of almost bacteria took over after 1.5 hours and rendered the wine nasty to the nose and stripped the wine of it's fruit. The first hour this wine was going good with a deep well-structured palate and sweet fruit and then it just dived off a cliff and became nasty. Strange experience.
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By Lyle Fass
7/20/2004 (link)(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou) I don't remember much but I remember it was juicy, ripe, wide open, finessed and long.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
1/21/2004 (link) 94 points(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Great balsamic, sandalwood nose; beautiful fruit, tart cherry, lots of grip; medium finish
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By Richard Jennings
12/27/2003 (link) 93 points(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Green bean and oak nose; herbaceous, elegant, tasty, tart cherry palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts. (decanted 6 hours)
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By Richard Jennings
7/18/2003 (link) 93 points(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Cassis and berry nose; rich cassis and lead pencil flavors; long finish 93+ pts. (double decanted 12 hours earlier)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- 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, 1000000000202, 3364420008365, 3364420009805, 3364420026420, 3460270005858, 3609050258613, 3760131685879, 400001878156, 802236000355
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 164 (1%)
- In Cellars 9,390 (64%)
- Consumed 5,009 (34%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Cantonese haute cuisine, dark meat poultry, game, red meatWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 132 votes
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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