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2015 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Not ready
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
94/100
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20
James Suckling
95-96/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
97/100
Andrew Jefford
94/100
Steven Spurrier
96/100
Product: 20158008844
2015 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

Tasting at Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou is always a pleasant experience and Bruno Borie was on typically enigmatic form when we arrived to taste the 2015. Really pure, clean and complex, the wine is sophisticated, with supple tannins and gorgeous, fat, juicy fruit. It is a wonderful wine. Lots of fat dark fruit appears on the palate, plums and cherries dominating, followed by a spicy, creamy finish.

The Super Seconds have performed very well in 2015 and the ripeness of this wine is certainly very pleasing. Expressive, poised, elegant and charming. Delicious, this will certainly reward time in the cellar.

Blend: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Not ready
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Dark crimson. Muted nose. Vaguely meaty nose then very flattering soft fruit on the palate. A pleasurable Clos Vougeot that has quite a bit of zesty dry tannin on the finish. Relatively delicate.Drink 2016-2026jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2011)
Drink 2016 - 2026
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2011)
94/100
A ripe but cool and highly complex nose of moderately wooded aromas of violets, cassis, black berry and anise hints. The superbly rich and velvety broad-shouldered flavors possess outstanding size, weight and mid-palate concentration that coats the palate with dry extract and enrobes the firm tannic spine to the point where it is more of a background element than usual. There is excellent energy and precision to the dusty, pure and driving finish. This well-balanced effort should require between 15 and 18 years of cellar time to be at its best.Drink 2025+burghound_com (Jan 2013)
Drink 2016 - 2026
Burghound.com (Jan 2013)
Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
Very deep. Lifted and fresh. Very correct and unforced. Very sweet. Only just not too sweet… Transparent. Very expressive. Lively and fresh but a bit sinewy. Drink 2023-2036 jancis_robinson_mw - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2016
Drink 2016 - 2026
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2016)
James Suckling 95-96/100
A dense and compressed red with loads of blackberry and blueberry character. Fresh wet vineyard soil. Some mushroom too. Full and very tannic yet polished and very refined. Super balance and depth. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
Drink 2016 - 2026
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 97/100
Composed of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Ducru-Beaucaillou is provocatively and profoundly scented of chocolate-covered cherries, fresh black currants, crushed blueberries and licorice with touches of cigar box, roses and violets plus hints of black pepper and tapenade. Medium to full-bodied, rich and sultry with tons of seductive layers and firm, wonderfully velvety tannins, it has a very long, multilayered finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 21/02/2018
Drink 2016 - 2026
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Feb 2018)
Andrew Jefford 94/100
Mellow, refined, expressive cherry and raspberry fruits dominate the aromas of this clear, bright red burgundy. It’s firm, thrusting and pungent on the palate; the cascading acidity is more palpable at this stage than the quietly supportive tannins. Energetic, sappy and forceful, right the way through the finish. Deft and poised.Andrew Jefford, Decanter (Apr 2016)
Drink 2016 - 2026
Andrew Jefford, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)
Steven Spurrier 96/100
Extraordinary blend of finesse and depth from 95% Cabernet. A wine with a taffeta texture that enhances the extreme purity and depth of fruit. Hard to imagine a better balanced, more vineyard-expressive wine. Drink: 2023-2050 Steven Spurrier - decanter.com - April 2016
Drink 2016 - 2026
Steven Spurrier, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)

About this wine

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a St-Julien property that today is one of the leading Super Seconds. It is owned by the Borie family and is situated in the south-east of the St-Julien appellation. Ducru-Beaucaillou's 50 hectares of vineyards (Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 5% and Petit Verdot 5%) lie on deep, large-stone gravel beds enriched with alluvial soil deposits and with a high clay content. The wines are matured in oak barriques (50-60% new) for 18 months. For many, Ducru-Beaucaillou is the quintessential St-Julien - deep-coloured, powerful, ripe, exquisitely well-balanced and perfectly harmonious. It requires a minimum of 10 years of bottle ageing before it should be approached and the best vintages will continue improving for many more years. Ducru-Beaucaillou is classified as a 2ème Cru Classé.
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