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ducru-beaucaillou 2eme cru classe, saint-julien 2020
JEB DUNNUCK
99
DECANTER
98

2020 ducru-beaucaillou 2eme cru classe, saint-julien

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Why We're Buying

Blackberries, spice, roasted apple wood, and supportive acidity come together in Château Ducru-Beaucaillou (Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé). The red wine features 90 cabernet sauvignon with a touch of merlot for a balanced and persistent expression. In 2010, wine critic Jeb Dunnuck gave the vintage a perfect rating, saying, "A fabulous wine that everyone who loves Bordeaux should have a bottle or case of."

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JEB DUNNUCK
99

Jeb Dunnuck

A blend of 81 Cabernet Sauvignon and 19 Merlot, brought up in new oak, the 2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou offers a gorgeously pure nose of crème de cassis, graphite, crushed stone, toasty oak, and lead pencil shavings. Full-bodied, concentrated, and structured, it reminds me of a hypothetical mix of the 2010 and 2016, offering serious concentration paired with a gorgeous sense of precision and purity. It's going to take a decade of cellaring to hit the early stages of maturity (it will have some up-front appeal if you're interested) yet evolve for 50 years or more. Along with the Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, it might be the wine of the vintage from the Médoc.

DECANTER
98

Decanter

An amazing Ducru, one of the wines of the vintage. Hugely persistent, chiselled and precise, yet succulent in its berry and cassis fruit character. The slate and pencil lead finish slows things down and grabs hold of you, I love the push-and-pull of the tannins. Always a confident and well-finessed wine, really flexing its muscles in 2020. 100 new oak barrels.

JAMES SUCKLING
99

James Suckling

Really perfumed and complex with blackberries, blackcurrants and flowers. Gorgeous cabernet sauvignon character. Full-bodied with really fine, polished tannins. Superb length and intensity. Very compact and seamless. Ethereal. Just goes on and on.

ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
97

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2020 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of 81 Cabernet Sauvignon and 19 Merlot, aging for approximately 18 months in 100 new barriques. It has a pH of 3.83, 13.5 alcohol and an IPT (total polyphenol index) of 90. Opaque purple-black colored, the nose slowly unfurls to reveal tantalizing scents of crushed blackcurrants, wild blueberries and boysenberries, leading to suggestions of chocolate mint, star anise, red roses and unsmoked cigars with a waft of cedar chest. The medium-bodied palate delivers impactful, muscular black fruits with a firm frame of ripe, fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and fragrant.