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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien Grand Cru 2009
(Bordeaux, Saint Julien, France) - [RP 100] [JS 97] [WS 96] [WE 96] [ST 95+]
Regular price $576.00 Sale price $439.99 Save $136.01
About This Wine:
The 2009 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a rich, generous, and luscious wine. Solid and voluptuously built around ripe and dense tannins, it is fruity and fresh, with a perfect acidity. Its finale is unending and sensual.
To poetically describe this wine, one could compare it, if it were music, to a beautiful piece of "languorous soul"; were it an icon, it would evoke Beyonce Knowles in a gold and deep red satin evening dress.
The 2009 vintage is referred to as a post-crisis year because:
Its wines will be consumed long after the present crisis will have been forgotten It is a modern vintage (both ethically and in the techniques used to produce it) and it perfectly illustrates the motto, famous amongst economists, that goes: "Crises separates new from old": 2009 is indeed the post-crisis vintage!
The 2009 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot.
Ratings & Reviews
"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!" - Robert Parker (Feb 2012)
97 Points - James Suckling:
96 Points - Wine Spectator:
96 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"95-97 Barrel sample. Big and powerful, structured, with bitter chocolate and blackberry flavors. The wine is dense, the fruit enormous. But it does manage to keep freshness." - R.V. (8/9/2010)