2014 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot

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Code: 20140600750018008844

Description

This is wonderful wine. It is hard to explain, but despite such a dominance of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend, Bruno Borie and his team have managed to create a wine of purity, poise, elegance and charm. The Super Seconds have performed very well this year and Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou is a dominant part of that. Lots of dark fruit appears on the palate, perhaps not cassis, but certainly plum and cherry, followed up by a spicy, creamy finish. The tannins are ripe, but in no way over-ripe. This is another exceptional wine from a great property. The persistence of the finish is awe-inspiring. Delicious, approachable early, but will surely reward cellaring too.

90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot

Colour

Red
Sweetness

Dry
Vintage

2014
Alcohol

13.5%
Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot
Body

Full Bodied
Producer

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Critics reviews

Neal Martin

96/100

The 2014 Ducru Beaucaillou showed extremely well when I tasted it with Bruno Borie during en primeur. Now in bottle, it delivers on that promise with beautifully defined blackberry and raspberry fruit infused with cedar and pencil box aromas. Quintessentially Saint Julien. The palate is very well defined with fine tannin, pitch-perfect acidity, a palpable sense of energy and frisson from start to finish that delivers plenty of tobacco-infused fruit. It is not the perfection-flirting legend that I have read elsewhere; it is just a damn good Saint Julien that is going to drink beautifully over the next 25 to 30 years.

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (March 2017)