le petit ducru de ducru beaucaillou st julien

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Le Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou, St Julien, 2022

Name: Le Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou, St Julien
Brand: Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Price: 135.5 GBP

91/100

Inside Bordeaux

86-88/100

The Wine Independent

89-91/100

Vinous

Available Vintages

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in bond

En primeur

2022
6x75cl
EP
£135.50

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

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Critic Reviews

89-91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou, which includes declassified lots of the First and Second wine, has a svelte bouquet with plush red cherries, raspberry coulis, tobacco and light floral scents. The 43% new oak is neatly enmeshed. The palate is fresh and structured on the entry. This is quite Pauillac-like in style, thanks to the graphite element. It's taut and linear before fanning out toward the finish. This is an impressive Le Petit Ducru.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 05/2023

86-88/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Le Petit Ducru is deep garnet-purple in color. It soars out of the glass with notes of black raspberries and juicy blueberries with hints of Sichuan pepper, aniseed, and wild sage. The medium-bodied palate has a real skip in its step, with refreshingly lively black fruits and a lightly chewy texture, finishing with a peppery lift. pH 3.77, TPI 86.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 05/2023

91/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Creamy generosity to the blackberry and cassis fruits, showing intensity and depth, knitted down right now, and with clear ageing potential and heavy black pepper spice. Tasted twice, this is an En Primeur wine to its boots, feels young and full of promise. 25ha on western side of St Julien (formerly Lalande Borie until 2018, plus sourcing from across the appellation), 3.77ph, IPT86, 43% new oak for ageing.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 05/2023

product details

Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Julien

Producer:

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Cab Sauvignon Merlot

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.