Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou2003
RED WINE
- Producer Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
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Blend
20% Merlot
80% Cabernet Sauvignon - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Julien
- UPC 0 15643 47663 1
Reviews
James Suckling 97
An incredible nose, with insane richness and notes of spices, leather, and sultanas. Full-bodied, with an amazing concentration of fruit and velvety tannins. A real blockbuster, lots of material here.
by JS, James Suckling , 2012
Wine Advocate 94
Deep garnet colour with a hint of purple. Opulently spiced, dark fruit nose of black cherries, plum pudding, cinnamon, cloves and a little tar. The palate gives good support to the fleshy fruit with medium+, fine tannins and medium acidity. Medium to full body and a long finish. Drink now to 2020+. Tasted March 2009.
by RP, Wine Advocate , 2009
Wine Spectator 97
Intense aromas of blackberry, currant and cherry. Full-bodied, with masses of big, velvety tannins and a finish that lasts for minutes. A blockbuster. A classic big, juicy claret. Best after 2012. 17,500 cases made.
by JS, Wine Spectator , 2006
Technical Details
Tasting notes
If, after analysis, this is one of the most powerful wines ever produced at Ducru Beaucaillou, from the organoleptic point of view, its attraction lies in its harmony and elegance, its finesse and length so characteristic of Ducru Beaucaillou.Its colour is deep red; its nose, a little restrained at the beginning, opens out to aromas of black fruit, black cherries in particular. It has a fruity attack in the mouth, a dense structure, full and attractive with plenty of freshness. It lingers on the palate, with an exceptionally good length and voluptuous retro-olfactory aromas.
Ultimately, it is a great Bordeaux classic, in an athletic "body".
Vintage
The 2003 harvest was relatively early and, at Ducru Beaucaillou, started with the Merlot on Monday September 15th. Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested between September 19th and 27th. To sort out those bunches affected by the historic storm that hit the Beaucaillou plateau from south to north on 15 July 2003, grapes from the southern rows were harvested separately from those in the northern rows. Wine from these southern grapes will go into the second wine, La Croix de Beaucaillou, while wine from the perfectly healthy northern grapes will go into the 'grand vin'.This event, combined with the more general climatic conditions during the summer of 2003, reduced the yield on the Ducru-Beaucaillou plateau to 34 hectolitres per hectare.