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

    Château Larcis Ducasse, Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2006

    92/100
    The Wine Independent
    91+/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2006

      12x75cl

      DP

      £559.07

    2. 2006

      6x1.5L

      DP

      £559.07

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    The Gratiot family have produced a sizeable wine in 2006, dark and concentrated and with great ageing potential. Particularly sensitive this year to the need for only the gentlest of macerations, to avoid over-extraction, they have created a beautifully balanced wine with a lush palate of pure dark red berry fruit on the nose, fine and fresh tannins accompanied by plentiful crushed blackcurrant and hedgerow berries on the palate. Supple, elegant and rich in character, this wine carries a considerable structure and will therefore require some years to reach its prime. A blend of 78% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 2% cabernet sauvignon and, for us, one of the best value wines this year.

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    Critic Reviews

    92/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2006 Larcis Ducasse is a blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet colored, it offers up scents a baked blackberries, stewed tea, fruitcake, and dried sage with hints of tobacco leaf and tar. The medium-bodied palate has rugged, chewy tannins and muscular black fruits with loads of earthy layers and just enough freshness to lift the finish.
    drinking window 2022 - 2032
    date of review 09/2022
    91+/100
    Stephen Tanzer,
    Vinous
    Bright red-ruby. Soil-driven aromas of blueberry, licorice, minerals, dark chocolate and iron. Juicy, spicy and penetrating, with a lovely light touch to the flavors of black fruits, spices, mocha, minerals and flowers. An elegant, aromatic, very sexy wine with terrific energy and lift from calcaire I love the suave texture on display here. Finishes very long and perfumed, with firm but perfectly buffered tannins and lingering notes of red berries and minerals.
    date of review 05/2009

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    St Emilion
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Merlot Cabernet
    abv:
    13%

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