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Red
2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Julien
Label borrowed from 2017
Label borrowed from 2017
Label borrowed from 2015
Label borrowed from 2015
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Label borrowed from 2015
Community Tasting Notes 29
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Jeff Leve wrote: 100 points
September 5, 2023 - Power and purity with intensity, length, volume, style, and character, this is what great wine is all about. On the palate, the wine is mouth-filling, yet, light on its feet, almost weightless. The tannins are refined, The wine is silky, The fruits, which express their purity are expansive. As good as the nose is, on the palate, the wine builds in all 4 directions. as it crosses your taste receptors and coats your palate, teeth, and gums. The finish is seamless, resonating for over 60 seconds!. The wine blends 85% Cabernet Sauvignon with 15% Merlot. Drink from 2030-2065.
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sh6k Likes this wine: 94 points
March 17, 2023 - Great wine, fully integrated (vs the 2019 that’s all over the place) with fruit and buttery oak, but not exuberant like the 09 or 19 or even 86, even after 3 hours decanting. Hoping it will open up with a few more years.
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norway08 Likes this wine: 96 points
February 24, 2023 - Personal tasting event at Ducru-Beaucaillou with owner Bruno Borie. This vintage is even more elgant and complex than the 2017. Appears a bit more concentrated and fresh and fruity, otherwise the same notes. Very delicate tannins.
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zimmy07 Likes this wine: 95 points
November 23, 2022 - This was hard to drink after the 86, 96 and 2006. It was so big it was distracting. But, this is an incredibly well made wine. Already the fruit and oakstructure are in harmony. Althogh maybe the least enjoyable wine of the evening, it is the best made wine of them all and will be off the charts in 30 years. To bad I will probably be dead by then, but my kids should have a hell of a note...
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csimm wrote: 93 points
November 1, 2022 - Bordeaux tasting - with a few pirates: This was wound a bit tight tonight in my opinion, never fully expanding or offering up the goods. The 2018 Ducru served next to it was by far more expressive and giving, especially on the front end of immediate flavor and intensity. This 2016 was primary and linear most of the tasting, peekabooing here and there, but mostly hiding behind a firm shoulder-shrugging of tannins and bitter berry fruit. A wine to hold for a while if possible. In wine sage terms, this appeared shut down to me. I don’t know if a decanting defibrillator might have woken it up or not. This would have been a wine to sample again on a second (third?) day.
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By Julia Harding, MW
4/14/2023 (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.
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By Stephen Brook
St-Julien at its best, 6/1/2020 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/23/2020 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou vertical, 9/21/2019 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Bordeaux 2016: Firing On All Cylinders, 2/28/2019 (link)(Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
1/18/2019 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St.-Julien, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2016 Bordeaux…It’s All In The Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/2/2019 (link)(Ducru-beaucaillou Ducru-beaucaillou Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
The DBs: Bordeaux 2016 In Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/1/2019 (link)(Ducru-beaucaillou Ducru-beaucaillou Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
December 2018, 12/1/2018 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
2016 in bottle, 10/8/2018 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JebDunnuck.com
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Let the Good Times Roll: 2015 Bordeaux from Bottle, 11/30/2017 (link)(Ducru-Beaucaillou) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2016 Bordeaux: It’s Now or Never, Baby (Apr 2017), 4/17/2017 (link)(Ducru-beaucaillou Ducru-beaucaillou Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/5/2017 (link)(Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou St-Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
4/4/2017 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St.-Julien, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016 St-Julien, 4/2/2017 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2017, 4/1/2017 (link)(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St Julien Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- 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, 3364420009805, 3364420083102, 3609050758496, 3760131685879, 3760131689365, 400001878156, 7071115152000, 714153212950, 802236000355
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 519 (8%)
- In Cellars 5,368 (85%)
- Consumed 413 (7%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 18 votes
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- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Julien
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