Red Wine: 2017 | Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou | Croix de Beaucaillou Saint-Julien

Inviting, featuring crushed loganberry and plum fruit flavors, mixed with warm anise and black tea notes. A solid graphite spine runs through the finish.

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Producer: Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Ratings: WA | 92 JS | 93

Vintage: 2017

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Country/Region: France, Saint-Julien

Inviting, featuring crushed loganberry and plum fruit flavors, mixed with warm anise and black tea notes. A solid graphite spine runs through the finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Displaying a deep garnet-purple color, the 2017 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuve Colbert gives up chocolate-covered cherries, violets and crme de cassis aromas with hints of fragrant soil and black tea. The palate is medium-bodied, finely crafted, firm and refreshing with grainy tannins and a fruity finish.

• James Suckling: Intense and pure aromas of blueberries and cassis here,. The palate has a smooth, fine-edged core of tannin and a good build of rich fruit flavor. Some graphite to the black fruit. A blend of 58% merlot, 39% cabernet sauvignon and 3% petit verdot. Second wine of Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou. Drink or hold.

Producer Information

Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou is a well-regarded wine estate in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux’s Haut-Mdoc wine region, on the so-called “left bank” of the Gironde estuary. The estate and its eponymous grand vin (the estate’s principle wine) was rated a second growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It is often described as the quintessential Saint-Julien deeply colored and powerfully ripe, yet balanced and harmonious. The grand vin usually needs 10 years of aging and can last for decades. A second wine, Croix de Beaucaillou, is also produced from the Ducru vineyard. The 75-hectare (185-acre) vineyard is situated in the southeast of the appellation, north of the village of Beychevelle and bordering Branaire-Ducru and Beychevelle to the south, with Loville and Langoa Barton to the north. The Ducru-Beaucaillou chteau and estate lies relatively close to the broad Gironde estuary, which moderates the local microclimate and gives some protection from frost and hail. On the deeper gravel layers of the vineyard there is enhanced drainage, evening warmth, and a protective layer stopping the subsoil from drying out in heat waves.