Ducru Beaucaillou 300cl 1996
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Ducru Beaucaillou 300cl 1996
HED42749
300 cl
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£1,500.00
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1996 is a Deuxième Cru Classé red Bordeaux from the Saint-Julien appellation, presented in double magnum. The 1996 vintage is a benchmark for the Left Bank, characterised by its massive tannins and high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. This bottling exhibits an aristocratic profile of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, cedar and liquorice. The double magnum format has allowed the wine to evolve with incredible grace, maintaining a youthful structural grip and a dense core of black fruit. After three decades, the tannins are beginning to soften into a velvety texture, though the wine remains underpinned by a powerful mineral drive.
95 Jancis Robinson
The 1996 Ducru-Beaucaillou, tasted at the chateau, is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Merlot. Deep garnet-brick in color, scents of black cherries, redcurrant jelly, and pencil lead jump from the glass, leading to hints of Ceylon tea and clove oil. The medium-bodied palate has a velvety texture framing the delicate black and red fruit layers, with a lively backbone and a long, spicy finish.Lisa Perrotti-Brown9th September 2023
94 Jane Anson
One of the great old school vintages of late 20th century Bordeaux, underestimated at the time because its tannic heft kept everything closed for a good decade or more. We are joining it now, at 27 years old, as everything is just smoothing out, the tannins still present but welcoming and supple, holding on to cassis, bilberry, black cherry, sage, white truffle, cloves, star anise, charcoal and mint that captures the essence of the vintage in St Julien. It was also a moment in the Médoc when there was a profound shift from the traditional way of winemaking, and here at Ducru there was a new winery that had been in place since 1995, and Eric Boissenot was just joining the consulting team, working alongside his father Jacques.Jane Anson31st May 2023
93 Vinous
The 1996 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a vintage that I have not tasted for a number of years. Matured in two-thirds new oak, it has an open and expressive bouquet, a mixture of red and black fruit, estuarine scents, touches of liquorice emerging with time. It is higher-toned than the 1995 with iodine evolving with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent tannins, fresh acidity, quite sweet in the mouth and maybe like the 1995, just missing that complexity and terroir expression that I think has defined recent vintages from this estate. Maybe it is slightly compromised by some Merlot (25%) that was picked a but later, but still, there is a lot of pleasure to be found in this 1996. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château. Neal Martin21st July 2022
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