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Robert Parker

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James Suckling

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CHATEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU, 2018

SAINT-JULIEN

“At once beautifully elegant and wonderfully bold.” Robert Parker

CHARACTERISTICS

GRAPE VARIETIES

85% of cabernet sauvignon, 15% of merlot
AROMAS Black fruits, violet, graphite, minerals, cinnamon, aniseed, chocolate, cherry, tea, espresso
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING

Red meat, game, cold cuts, red wine poached pear

MARK 99/100
CLASSIFICATION Second Grand Cru classé, Saint-Julien
BOTTLE SIZE 75 CL

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242,00 € T.T.C.
242,00 € T.T.C.
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Vineyard Detail
AGRICULTURE Sustainable, in organic agriculture transition
GRAPE VARIETIES

Red varieties: 70% of cabernet-sauvignon, 25% of merlot, 5% of cabernet franc
VINEYARD SURFACE AREA 55 hectares
ANNUAL PRODUCTION 215,000 bottles
HARVEST Manual
SOIL

Gunzian gravel soil
History and anecdotes
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou was classified as Second Grand Cru in the 1855 classification, in Saint-Julien appellation. This Château was founded more than 300 years ago. Near the Gironde estuary, it was named after its “beautiful pebbles” (“beaux cailloux” in French), gunzian gravels carried along by the Gironde more than two million years ago. The Borie family acquired it in 1941.
CHATEAU DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU

Caractéristiques

CHARACTERISTICS

GRAPE VARIETIES

85% of cabernet sauvignon, 15% of merlot
AROMAS Black fruits, violet, graphite, minerals, cinnamon, aniseed, chocolate, cherry, tea, espresso
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING

Red meat, game, cold cuts, red wine poached pear

MARK 99/100
CLASSIFICATION Second Grand Cru classé, Saint-Julien
BOTTLE SIZE 75 CL