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2009 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
For laying down
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
98/100
Robert Parker
100/100
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
18.5/20
James Suckling
96-99/100
Product: 20098008844
2009 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

The 2009 Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou is clearly a wine of great power but it is its restraint that makes it particularly impressive in 2009. With layers of blackcurrant fruit and sweet spice, it is very supple, very smooth and very sexy – but elegant at the same time. With its long finish of great persistence, this is a very harmonious wine.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 98/100
Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Ducru-Beaucaillou bursts from the glass with an amazing array of black fruit preserves and savory layerscrme de cassis, blackberry tart, baked plums and mincemeat pie with suggestions of black olives, sauted herbs and beef drippings plus wafts of sweaty leather and sandalwood. Full-bodied with a firm frame of grainy tannins and tons of freshness, the muscular fruit completely coats the palate with juicy berry preserves, while the finish is long and savory.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 14/03/2019
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Mar 2019)
Robert Parker 100/100
The 2009 Ducru Beaucaillou will eclipse the brilliant wines produced in 2005, 2003 and 2000. It will be interesting to see how the 2009 fares against the 2010 after twenty years of aging, but my money is on the 2009. A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot that achieved 13.5% natural alcohol, this inky purple, unctuous wine possesses classic aromas of graphite, creme de cassis, blueberries, violets, licorice and Christmas fruitcake. Full-bodied and intense with Ducru’s inimitable elegance and purity, it should firm up in the bottle after 7-10 years of cellaring and last for 40-50 years. Magnificent! Bruno Borie has done a remarkable job at Ducru Beaucaillou. (robert_parker - Wine Advocate - February 2012)
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Feb 2012)
Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot. From the centre of the appellation area and all the young vines too. Deep crimson. Lively and fresh on the nose. Sleek, polished, very sweet and frank – black fruits on the palate. 60% new oak. Dries out a bit on the finish. A little exaggerated. Cool and drying on the finish. jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Apr 2010)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2010)
18.5/20
Black red, very smoky, really concentrated nose, lots of extraction, massively structured, certainly a most impressive wine, one of the blockbusters of the vintage.
Decanter.com
James Suckling 96-99/100
This has an impressive powerful and hearty structure, with seductive floral, currant and licorice aromas and flavors, showing powerful tannins at the end. This sneaks up on you at the end. Structured and very, very powerful. The blockbuster tannins are sweet and fruit-coated. This is a classic, powerful style of Ducru. May be best yet. Wow! james_suckling- Wine Spectator - March 2010)
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com (Mar 2010)

About this wine

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a St-Julien property that today is one of the leading Super Seconds. It is owned by the Borie family and is situated in the south-east of the St-Julien appellation. Ducru-Beaucaillou's 50 hectares of vineyards (Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 5% and Petit Verdot 5%) lie on deep, large-stone gravel beds enriched with alluvial soil deposits and with a high clay content. The wines are matured in oak barriques (50-60% new) for 18 months. For many, Ducru-Beaucaillou is the quintessential St-Julien - deep-coloured, powerful, ripe, exquisitely well-balanced and perfectly harmonious. It requires a minimum of 10 years of bottle ageing before it should be approached and the best vintages will continue improving for many more years. Ducru-Beaucaillou is classified as a 2ème Cru Classé.
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