2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  1/30/2024 - Canoehead Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Sampled over two evenings. The fruit is hibernating. The tannins are silky fine. It’s the acid that is quite present from front to back. There are savoury layers of black olive, salty liquorice and the darkest chocolate. This will take time and your patience. If the Grand Vin needs ten years, this needs 3-4. Drink up some 2018 in the meantime.

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  12/24/2023 - Domenico91 wrote:

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  10/3/2023 - JLuch1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted a few hours and saved some for the next day. Dark fruit profile, somewhat ripe, balanced with a moderately long finish. The second day brought more cherry notes and more nuance, like chocolate and graphite. There is plenty of grip and moderate acidity, so food would be a welcome companion. Drinkable now with a very long decant or give this more time in bottle. A good value if available at $50 or less.

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  8/21/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points

  Mint leaf, tobacco wrapper, cherries, herbs, spice, and currants. The wine is forward, soft, polished, round, fruity, bright, and fresh, with ripe dark, red fruits that create the sapid finish. The elegant finish with its black cherry, mocha, and spice nuances tastes as good as it feels. Hold this for 3-5 years before opening a bottle and it will really start showing its essence. The wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2024-2038.

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  8/20/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The 2020 iteration of La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou is comprised of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, aged for 12 months in French oak barriques (60% new). Opaque crimson in color and flush with black fruit, it flaunts an aromatic profile of dark brambleberries, crème de cassis, bittersweet chocolate, pencil shavings, lavender and tobacco. Medium-to-full-bodied and with good lift, it delivers flavors in line with the nose, adding notes of licorice and spicy oak. The alcohol (13.75%) is nicely integrated, as are the plentiful polished tannins. Dense on the mid-palate and concluding with impressive length, this is a worthy successor to its 2019 sibling. It is already drinking beautifully and possesses enough structure to ensure a lengthy lifespan. This particular bottle was decanted through a Vinturi aerator and allowed five hours in carafe prior to serially tasting over three hours. Because it was stable throughout the tasting interval, it is difficult to say that it requires that much air, but it certainly did not hurt. Drink now-2045.

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