2009 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Community Tasting Note
John McCabe wrote:
95 Points
Saturday, March 20, 2021 - Very powerful right out of the bottle. Even with decanting this remained a brooding monster of a wine. The class and quality was apparent but was hoping for a bit more. This may be one to forget for another ten years to better show what it has. Was hoping for a bit more from this to be honest, though the class and quality is quite apparent. 95+pts.
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Comment posted by Triforwine:
4/19/2021 5:39:00 PM - I had a similar experience a while back. Probably it's just too young. I enjoyed reading some of your tasting notes and we seem to have a lot in common (both wines in common and inability to resist buying more!)
Comment posted by John McCabe:
4/19/2021 5:52:00 PM - I also picked up a few of the '14 Ducru Beaucaillou and honestly it's showing better, and is much more affordable.
Comment posted by Triforwine:
4/19/2021 6:00:00 PM - 14 is one vintage of Ducru Beaucaillou I didn't get yet. I do have a good number of 14 left bank and I think they are underrated and will be excellent with time and drink earlier than other recent vintages. Sounds like Ducru B. 14 was a great choice you made. I do have DCB in quite a number of older and younger vintages. My dad's favorite wine so I've gotten to taste some older vintages of it and "inherited" a few from his cellar. 2019 futures are relatively good prices so worth considering given what I've heard about the quality of it.