Community Tasting Note

csimm wrote:

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - Bordeaux tasting - with a few pirates: Much more expressive than the 2016, the 2018 Ducru wasn’t the belle of the ball for me necessarily, but it was certainly not in booboo mood the way its 2-year-older brother was behaving. That said, it was still a little reluctant initially, but started to gain some momentum after a few hours and some vigorous swirling. Classical red fruited, with some cedar and spice, and even hints or orange rind that quickly disappeared over the wash of cherry and red currant fruit. Ducru is always an even-keeled kind of wine for me. I like them, but I can’t seem to fully bearhug my way to becoming completely enamored with them. I would certainly be interested in trying this wine in 10 years or so, but of course would fear it would either be shut down or have turned into some of the other Ducrus from the 80’s and 90’s, of which I wasn’t a huge fan. All in all, I liked this wine and felt it just needed time. As mentioned, it was just starting to rev up by the end of the night. 93-94? points.

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