Château Ducru Beaucaillou, 2eme Cru Classé, St Julien, 2007

Tasting Note:

It was at Ducru that we were first introduced to the latest fad in Bordeaux, the “pink harvest”, which doubtless contributed to the doubling of their labour costs in 2007. The wine shows good depth of ruby hue, but it has limited expression on the nose at first, with delicate elderberry and fruits of the forest emerging with time in the glass, then vanilla pod and gravely terroir; clean on the palate, with pure fruit around a firm core, medium body, gently textured with warm, almost roasted tannins.