chateau branaire ducru 4eme cru classe st julien

Château Branaire Ducru

Château Branaire Ducru, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien, 2024

Name: Château Branaire Ducru, 4ème Cru Classé, St Julien
Brand: Château Branaire Ducru
Price: 174 GBP

91/100

Inside Bordeaux

90-92/100

Vinous

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2024
12x37.5cl
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£174.00
2024
6x75cl
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£159.00
2024
3x1.5L
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£169.00
2024
1x3L
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£151.00
2024
1x6L
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£272.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Branaire Ducru has been on great form in recent years, but the 2024 vintage is a slight disappointment. The wine opens with an attractive bouquet of violets and sweet raspberry, leading to a clear fruited attack of cherry, but on the palate it is a touch meagre and sinewy, finishing with notes of cedar and grainy tannins.

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Critic Reviews

90-92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 Branaire Ducru was cropped at a respectable 41.5 hl/ha between September 20 and October 9. It has a delightful bouquet with pure blackberry, blueberry and light violet scents percolating through with time. There's just a touch of iodine in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, pretty black fruit laced with cassis and touches of white pepper. There is an elegant framework on the finish so that this Saint-Julien slips down the throat with ease, as I am sure it will once in bottle. Whilst this does not reach the heights of the 2022, this is destined to be a very delicious Branaire Ducru.

drinking window 2028 - 2048

date of review 05/2025

91/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Lovely bright plum colour, slim blue and black fruits, coffee bean and cedar oak notes, carefully constructed with balance, a little short on the finish compared to the excellent recent vintages at Branaire. 55% new oak. 41.5 hl/ha, this is the first vintage with the new cellars, François-Xavier Maroteaux owner and new president of the Union de Grands Crus de Bordeaux.

drinking window 2030 - 2042

date of review 04/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Branaire Ducru

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

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