Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, 2eme Cru Classé, St Julien, 2025
The 2025 Ducru Beaucaillou is produced from 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot cropped at just 22 hl/ha. Fragrant griotte, dark fruits, Asian spices, hints of gravel and fine oak are revealed on the bouquet. The fruit is perfumed and concentrated, lots of floral cassis and a hint of blueberry. This is powerful, concentrated stuff, a real vin de garde, somewhat dominated by its massive tannins. There is potential here, but it is ambitious and will need a lot of time to find its equilibrium.
critic reviews
Stunning, nuanced, and just full of joy. Reserved flesh, toasted cumin, fresh blueberries and raspberries with rich seams of cassis, fresh pomegranate, and cappuccino, this is very Ducru in its width and breadth, but with a freshness and lift that is very much of the 2025 vintage. Almost certainly this will close down for a number of years, but all is well controlled, with quiet confidence. A wine you will be happy to spend a lot of time with. 3.74 pH. Harvest September 2 to 23, 100% new oak. Bruno Borie owner.
The 2025 Ducru-Beaucaillou is fabulous. Vibrant red/purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender, mint and blood orange are all beautifully sculpted. The purity of the fruit is just remarkable. New oak is 100%, but lower toast levels and a more dialed-in approach here are palpable. Gorgeous floral and savory Cabernet top notes lift the finish. Superb, and one of the highlights of the year, Ducru is absolutely stunning in 2025.