Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Château Ducru Beaucaillou, 2eme Cru Classé, St Julien, 2021
96/100
Inside Bordeaux
95/100
The Wine Independent
94/100
Vinous
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2021
3x1.5L
DP
£1,177.54
Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
Bruno Borie and his team are utterly uncompromising, taking whatever steps are required to produce the best Ducru. The 2021 iteration comprises 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and just 2% Merlot. The IPT was a record 101, making this the most tannic Ducru ever, although you don't feel that at all. At just 12.5% alcohol, this is a fascinating blend of modernity and classicism. It opens with a glorious bouquet of incense, spice, sandalwood, violets and gravelly cassis. The palate is packed with dark cabernet fruit, blackcurrant and creme de mure, very polished and taut, with wonderful aromatics. Perfumed and detailed. Surprisingly vibrant and mineral, with a cool focus to the fruit and framed by long, noble, cashmere tannins. Very impressive.
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Critic Reviews
95/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
The Wine Independent
A blend of 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot, the 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps from the glass with bold notions of fresh blackcurrants, wild strawberries, lavender, and boysenberries, giving way to a pepper and spice-laced undercurrent. The light-bodied palate delivers impressive tension, with fine-grained tannins and vivacious black and red berry layers, finishing with a spicy kick.
drinking window 2026 - 2046
date of review 04/2024
94/100
Neal Martin,
Vinous
The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou, bottled July 2023, has a classically styled bouquet: blackberry, iodine and, again, a conspicuous marine influence of kelp and sea spray. The nose has very fine delineation—cool, calm and collected. The palate is medium-bodied with fine depth, although there remains some new oak to be subsumed at the moment, and that partially shades the terroir toward the finish. But it is finely balanced and poised. A dash of black pepper on the aftertaste lingers in the mouth. This is a delightful, well-crafted Ducru-Beaucaillou that may merit a higher score down the line.
drinking window 2028 - 2050
date of review 02/2024
96/100
Jane Anson,
Inside Bordeaux
Still in barrel at the time of tasting (bottling due in August 2023), showing a seductive smoked cedar, soot and campfire chararater, layers of sculpted dark fruits, and rose petal aromatics, this is well structured, softens in the mid palate to reveal creamy blackberry and raspberry fruit, with savoury salted cracker. Unquestionably one of the wines to go to within a challenging vintage, really stands out. Harvest September 23 to October 11. 100% new oak. A tiny crop, below 20hl/h, which accounts for the high percentage of Cabernet. Emmanuel Bonneau technical director, Eric Boissenot consultant.
drinking window 2027 - 2044
date of review 05/2023
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