Château DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU
2ème grand cru classé

Since the arrival of Bruno Borie in 2003, Ducru-Beaucaillou has been flying from success to success.  No one has forgotten that, until 1980, Ducru was the greatest of the Médoc's second growths, a position it is now regaining. Bravo !

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Revue du Vin de France : 98-100/100 « Le nez exprime des notes délicieuses de fruits frais, de graphite, de poivre ; la bouche déroule sa texture veloutée, suave avec un grain d'une finesse absolue. Il tutoie les sommets. »
Bettane & Desseauve : 97/100 « Dense, racé à l'extrême [...] Un grand seigneur. »
Le Point : 18,5/20 « Baies noires, sauvage, iris, bouche ample, tanins serrés mais d'une grande suavité, long, finale tendue ; très médocain, sérieux mais avec un fruit débordant, un côté cailloux, minéral. »
Galloni : 95-97/100 « In most recent vintages, Ducru has been on the opulent side. The 2022, on the other hand, is strict and linear in construction, a wine that is more about persistence than size. »
Martin : 95-97/100 « Continuing the theme of the estate's other cuvées, there is a lovely Pauillac-like presence throughout, with graphite/pencil lead infusing the black fruit. This Leviathan Ducru-Beaucaillou threatens to overhelm the senses, uncompromising in many ways, and it will patently take many years for the tannins to soften. »