chateau larcis ducasse grand cru classe st emilion

Château Larcis-Ducasse

Château Larcis Ducasse, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2004

Name: Château Larcis Ducasse, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Larcis-Ducasse
Price: 878.46 GBP

92/100

The Wine Independent

93/100

Vinous

Available Vintages

delivery

in bond

Broking

2004
12x75cl
DP
£878.46

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A Château that is on the up. The second vintage of this wine since being brought into the Pavie-Macquin stable, the 2004 is Merlot based with 20% Cabernet Franc. Entrancingly elegant, packed with fine ripe cherry and juicy berry fruit, mineral notes and soft enveloping tannins.

delivery information

GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

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

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

92/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Medium to deep garnet-brick in color, the 2004 Larcis Ducasse rolls out of the glass with open-knit scents of stewed plums, dried cherries, and sauteed herbs, followed by hints of damp soil, fallen leaves, and charcoal. The medium to full-bodied palate is plush with plenty of freshness, delivering mature, savory layers and an earthy/mineral-laced finish.

drinking window 2022 - 2030

date of review 09/2022

93/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2004 Larcis Ducasse is surprisingly deep in colour. It boasts a really lovely bouquet considering the vintage, one you might suspect belongs to a richer growing season like 2005: blackberry, raspberry coulis, mint and a touch of juniper berry and sandalwood. The oak is nicely integrated here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and well judged acidity, impressive in terms of fruit intensity: blackberry, cranberry and strawberry mixed with tobacco and black pepper. Very cohesive with a gentle grip on the finish, you could broach this 2004 Larcis Ducasse now, but it will unquestionably give another couple of decade’s drinking pleasure. Punches above its weight. Tasted at the Larcis Ducasse vertical in Bordeaux.

drinking window 2020 - 2045

date of review 10/2020

product details

Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Emilion

Producer:

Château Larcis-Ducasse

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

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.