90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 1998

An outstanding 1978, Ducru-Beaucaillou's effort displays a fragrant, well-developed bouquet of licorice, earth, black currants, and underbrush. Rich for a 1978, with none of the vegetal character now found in many wines of this vintage, this fully mature, medium-bodied wine exhibits soft tannin, excellent concentration and purity, and a sweet, elegant finish. Anticipated maturity: now-2010. Last tasted 3/97

91 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 1993

One of the stars of the vintage, the 1978 Ducru-Beaucaillou has reached its plateau of maturity. It offers a deep ruby color with only a touch of amber at the edge, and a bouquet of complex aromas of truffles, cassis, licorice, and minerals. Medium to full-bodied, with excellent concentration, soft tannins, and a nicely layered feel, this wine reveals vague hints of the weedy herbaceousness that has come to dominate so many of this vintage's wines. Drink it over the next 15-20 years. Last tasted, 1/93.

91 points,

Wine Spectator, January 1985

About Winery

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is named after the beautiful, large stones found in its unique wine-growing terroir. This exceptional ecosystem produces fine, elegant, tasty wines, with a long finish - in short, archetypal Saint-Julien wines.
 
Perched on an exceptional site with incomparable views over the Gironde estuary, in the centre of a hundred-year-old park, Ducru-Beaucaillou is a majestic, Victorian-style castle, which has, over time, become one of the great symbols of the Médoc. Unusually for Bordeaux, it is built directly above the barrel cellars, enveloping its owners, who have lived here for over sixty years, in the sumptuous aromas of their wine.

Today, the estate is managed by the company Jean Eugène Borie SA, which is owned by Mrs Borie, her daughter Sabine Coiffe and her son Bruno-Eugène, CEO since 2003, the third generation of the Borie family to head the estate.
 
There are very close links between this estate and the five families who have been its successive owners.

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