2010 Ducru Beaucaillou
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Tasting Notes
Some serious quality here. There is some flamboyance on the nose but this is backed up with some serious depth underneath the gloss. This has weight and is seriously inviting. And extraordinary power in the mouth. Cassis and a bit of graphite. Solid and perfectly polished.
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Neal Martin
Ivor Davies
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Cropped between 29th September until 14th October, a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, the nose takes some coaxing from the glass. Very pure blackberry, cassis, a touch of mint and cedar, the new oak lending a touch of vanilla, this is very opulent, yet controlled bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated, velvety tannins, a real caressing mouthfeel, very good acidity to maintain freshness with an exceptionally focused, almost Pauillac-like finish. Very long in the mouth with a citric edge lingering long after the wine is ejected. Tasted March 2011. Neal Martin erobertparker.com
From 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, with dark amethyst centre to a ruby edge and reserved raspberry aromas at first, the 2010 tastes austere and acid, but very delicate.There is a fine flexible tannin, permeating signs of blackberry, greengage and mirabelle, rounding up in a fleshy mid palate and a fairly good finish.From about 2018 it will begin to develop and mature to be elegant and sophisticated by 2030.
Superb colour, an explosion of fruit above great depth and much more polished, deeper and fresher than the 2009, hard to imagine a better Ducru. Drink 2020-50. Steven Spurrier, decanter.com
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About the producer
Second Growth estate Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou in Saint-Julien is one of the Super Seconds, an elite group of properties producing wines that regularly compete with the finest in the Médoc.