2008 Ducru Beaucaillou Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 1.5L
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JD 98 DC 95 JA 95 JL 95 JS 94 WA 94 VN 94 WE 94 NM 93 TWI 93 WS 92
JD 98

jebdunnuck.com, October 2023

The finest showing I've ever seen for this beauty (and I've been lucky enough to drink plenty), the 2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou offers a still youthful vibrant hue as well as sensational aromatics of pure crème de...
DC 95

Decanter, September 2019

This has real depth of flavour, with an extremely good quality, juicy slate and mineral-filled finish. The emphasis, however, is upfront and all about the brambly blackberry and bilberry fruits, edged with liquorice...
JA 95

janeanson.com, April 2023

Spiced plum on the attack, this is a gourmet, inviting wine with a rich ruby colour, still looking and feeling young at 14 years old. One to dive into, building up layers through the palate of blackcurrant and loganberry...
JL 95

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2023

Firm, bright, leafy, and fresh, the wine is concentrated, and the fruits are bright, crisp, and chalky. Overall, there is a lean to the crisp, through sweet, red fruit side of the classic, style range. The wine blends 85%...
JS 94

jamessuckling.com, December 2010

Wow. This is really impressive for the vintage, with a solid core of raspberry, currants and spices. Full and round, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Superb winemaking for the vintage. Try after 2013.
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, August 2020

Deep garnet colored, the 2008 Ducru-Beaucaillou begins a little broody, giving up glimpses of tar, chargrill, moss covered tree bark and fungi scents over a core of baked plums, warm cassis and blackberry compote plus a...
VN 94

Vinous, July 2022

The 2008 Ducru-Beaucaillou has a fresh and vibrant nose. Occasionally this can come across a little stemmy and maybe it does here, but it is a facet that I think lends complexity and intrigue, touches of brine combining...
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, April 2011

Chocolate coffee and sweet plum notes give this wine great richness. It has wood that needs time to integrate although the main character is beautiful velvet-textured ripe fruit and plenty of sweet tannins. R.V.
NM 93

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, February 2012

Tasted ex-château and single blind in Southwold. Two bottles were tasted of the Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2008. The first had an attractive almost Margaux-like bouquet with very well integrated new oak and the second...
TWI 93

The Wine Independent, September 2023

The 2008 Ducru-Beaucaillou, 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot, is deep garnet in color with a touch of brick. A little closed to start, it soon opens out to offer notes of baked plums, fruitcake, and Chinese five...
WS 92

Wine Spectator, April 2011

This is dark and brooding with a tarry wall holding the black currant melted licorice and espresso notes at bay for now. Extra roasted sage cedar and briar push in on the finish which shows an old-school hint. Rock-solid...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region St Julien
Vintage 2008
Size 1.5L

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is named after the beautiful large stones that characterize its unique Saint-Julien terroir. Unusual for Bordeaux, it is one of the only castles to be built directly above the barrel cellars and one of the few estates producing a ‘Grand Cru Classe’ still inhabited by its owners. The Borie family has owned this estate and has lived here for over sixty years, in the sumptuous aromas of their wine.

Rated a second growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, Ducru sits on an exceptional site with incomparable views over the Gironde estuary. Its 75-hectare vineyard is planted 70% to Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% to Merlot with an average vine age of 35 years.

Today, the estate is managed by the company Jean Eugene Borie SA, which is owned by Mrs. Borie, her daughter Sabine Coiffe and her son Bruno-Eugene.

Ducru-Beaucaillou is a fine, elegant, and delicious wine with a long finish - in short, an archetypal Saint-Julien. The grapes are hand-picked, and the sorting process takes place on mobile tables in the vineyard to keep the healthy grapes separate from substandard ones. Fermentation is by traditional techniques and only the best fruit is used to produce the wine.