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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2016

    Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2016

    Bordeaux • Saint-Julien • 2nd Classified Growth • Red

    $18,920.00
    $18,920.00
    $1,576.66 / unit
    Packaging : 12 x 75cl - Wooden Crate

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    Description

    • Country France
    • Region Bordeaux
    • Appellation Saint-Julien
    • Color Red
    • Alcohol 12.5
    • Vintage 2016
    • Grape varieties 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot

    One of the stars of Saint-Julien, a wine that consistently delivers top-quality wines with exemplary regularity. It has excellent aging potential, but takes a few years to fully open up.

    Ratings

    Ratings

    • La Revue du Vin de France 20/20
    • Bettane & Desseauve 98/100
    • Wine Spectator 97/100
    • Vinous 98/100
    • James Suckling 99/100
    Producer

    Producer

    Owner and history

    The vineyard covers an area of ​​75 hectares on gravelly slopes with a limestone subsoil. The average age of the vines is 35 years.

    Vinification and aging

    Manual leaf removal, green harvesting in summer, 100% manual. Each plot is vinified individually, as are the fermentations. Continuous pneumatic pressing in barrels. Malolactic fermentation in tanks. Blending carried out during the first racking, with between 50 and 80% new oak. Aged for 18 months in new oak barrels.

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    • Serving temperature 16°C - 20°C

    • Climax 2024 à 2042

    Wine profile

    • fruity
    • wooded
    • complex
    • timber frame