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Saint-Julien deuxième grand cru classé en 1855 Logé en caisse bois d’origine de 6 bouteilles 75 cl William Kelley > Parker 94-96 | Yves Beck 97-99 | Georgina Hindle > Decanter 97 | Antonio Galloni > Vinous 96-98 | Neal Martin > Vinous 94-96
210.80 CHF (195.00 CHF HT)
Yves Beck 97-99 points www.yvesbeck.wine
98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot
Assemblage improbable mais tellement convaincant avec 98% de Cabernet Sauvignon et 2% de Merlot. L’arrière-saison a été suffisamment longue pour porter les Cabernet Sauvignon à parfaite maturité. Le bouquet est éblouissant d’intensité et de fraîcheur et plussoie les aptitudes du Cabernet Sauvignon au travers de parfums de baies rouges et de menthe poivrée. Le vin est imposant tant par sa structure tannique, fine et puissante, que par son côté juteux et intensément goûteux. Le vin est sapide, savoureux, vif et persistant. Que d’énergie, de tension et d’équilibre dans ce vin qui crée une extraordinaire symbiose entre le côté saillant de la structure acide et la puissance tannique. Un digne représentant de Ducru qui supporte parfaitement la comparaison avec ses prédécesseurs, même si, en fait, il n’y pas vraiment lieu de les comparer… mis à part le fait qu’ils sont tous délicieux ! 2027-2056
Antonio Galloni 96-98 www.vinous.com The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a pretty significant departure from the past, as it is nearly pure Cabernet Sauvignon. A deep, aristocratic wine, the 2021 possesses remarkable intensity from start to finish. Inky dark fruit, bittersweet chocolate and leather are some of the myriad nuances that develop with some aeration. The 2021 is so well balanced. The 100% new oak, often quite dominant in Ducru en primeur, is so well integrated, likely because lower alcohol extracted less oak imprint. The 2021 is a drop dead gorgeous wine, and a Ducru for the ages. Superb.
Georgina Hindle 97 points www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022) Beautiful and beguiling nose, perfumed blackcurrants and dark fruits; damsons, plums, raspberries and rose petals. Lovely crunchy fruit, real bite and presence in the mouth. Excellent precision, tannins are succulent and ripe they fill the mouth with a juicy, intense granular texture. There is such depth to this – perfume, tobacco, earth, violets and concentrated fruits that have a verticality to them with an unprecedented 98% of Cabernet Sauvignon providing the support and the backbone. There is a crystalline purity to the fruit giving tension to the overall frame, it’s focussed and driven all with excellent definition. This is not a wallflower of a wine – it’s charming and confident, strutting its stuff right now and giving you absolut St-Julien terroir and vintage markers in the glass with slate, graphite and liquorice salinity on show. Skilled winemaking on show.
William Kelley 94-96 points www.erobertparker.com A wine that will delight Médoc purists, the 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of fully 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot and checks in at a mere 12.5% alcohol. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, loamy soil and spices, it’s full-bodied, layered and velvety, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and powdery tannins. Complete and penetrating, it’s a true classic, reminiscent of a modern-day version of Ducru’s brilliant 1996—though today’s precision winemaking means that the 2021 is unlikely to go through so long a hibernation as that vintage.
Neal Martin 94-96 www.vinous.com The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou was picked at around 24hL/ha and matured in 100% new oak for 18 months, as is customary. It takes time to unfold in the glass, revealing intense blackberry, raspberry, iris flowers and a touch of spice. Very precise, though as expected, more understated than previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with a sappy, saline entry and good grip. Classic in style, fanning out toward the finish, and briny on the aftertaste. This is a fascinating, almost old-school Ducru-Beaucaillou.