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2014 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20
18.5/20
Neal Martin MW
96/100
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2014 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

This is wonderful wine. It is hard to explain, but despite such a dominance of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend, Bruno Borie and his team have managed to create a wine of purity, poise, elegance and charm. The Super Seconds have performed very well this year and Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou is a dominant part of that. Lots of dark fruit appears on the palate, perhaps not cassis, but certainly plum and cherry, followed up by a spicy, creamy finish. The tannins are ripe, but in no way over-ripe. This is another exceptional wine from a great property. The persistence of the finish is awe-inspiring. Delicious, approachable early, but will surely reward cellaring too.

90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2014
Alcohol % 13.5
Body Full Bodied
Property Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
Very dense crimson. Cedary nose. Scented and more grounded with more density than the other wines from this stable. Firm finish with lots of fine velvety tannin. Masses of tannin (IPT 81). One of the most backward wines. jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Mar 2015
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Mar 2015)
18.5/20
Superb nose, totally luscious fruit for 95% Cabernet Sauvignon – pure vineyard ripeness. A total success in this vintage as one can now expect from Ducru.
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Neal Martin MW 96/100
The 2014 Ducru Beaucaillou showed extremely well when I tasted it with Bruno Borie during en primeur. Now in bottle, it delivers on that promise with beautifully defined blackberry and raspberry fruit infused with cedar and pencil box aromas. Quintessentially Saint Julien. The palate is very well defined with fine tannin, pitch-perfect acidity, a palpable sense of energy and frisson from start to finish that delivers plenty of tobacco-infused fruit. It is not the perfection-flirting legend that I have read elsewhere; it is just a damn good Saint Julien that is going to drink beautifully over the next 25 to 30 years.Neil Martin - 31/03/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Mar 2017)

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