Ducru Beaucaillou 1976
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Ducru Beaucaillou 1976
HED89565
75 cl
12.5%
£160.00
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 1976 is a fully mature Left Bank Bordeaux wine from the acclaimed Second Growth of Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou in St-Julien. "Tasted blind in Bordeaux, the 1976 Ducru Beaucaillou seems to be in gentle, respectable decline. Here there are attractive, loose-knit red berry and cold black tea scents on the nose, the warmth from that summer still evident and somehow, comforting, perhaps compensating for its lack of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with mushroom and a curious tang of Liquorice Allsorts! It is not dissimilar to the magnum served at the property in 2011, although I think in bottle it is just a few steps further along its drinking plateau. Larger formats should still hold pleasure, but bottles should be consumed in the not too distant future." Wine Advocate, 2016
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The 1976 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a wine that had to fight against the severe drought conditions that year plus non-stop rain from 11 to 15 September. This bottle is not quite as fresh on the nose as the one I had five years earlier, a little smudged and bretty, lacking clarity and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with furry tannins, fine weight and cohesion and actually showing some redeeming delineation on the cedar and tobacco tinged finish. No, not a complete write-off, although I would check provenance if opening a bottle now. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. Neal Martin21st July 2022
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