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2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien

2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien

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Pre-Arrival: Estimated to be available for delivery or pickup by 4/15/2027.

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100

Jeb Dunnuck

Reviewed February 2019
Reminding me of the 2010 with its incredible stature and class (as opposed to the more opulently styled 2009), the 2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a legendary wine from the genius of Bruno Borie, who has managed this estate brilliantly since he arrived in 2003. A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot brought up all in new oak, the 2016 has a mammoth bouquet of crème de cassis, espresso, camphor, crushed violets, toasty oak, and graphite. Full-bodied, concentrated, and backward on the palate, it nevertheless has perfectly integrated acidity and building tannins, a concentrated, layered texture, off-the-charts purity of fruit, and a finish that won't quit. Give this powerful, concentrated wine a solid 7-8 years of bottle age and enjoy it over the following 50 years or more.

Professional Reviews

99

James Suckling

Review Date: 02/2019
Super perfumed, attractive violets with a thread of fresh blueberries, cassis, blackberries and dark plums, delivering a very enticing impression. Beautiful ripeness here. The tannins are perfectly ripe and layers meld into each other, carrying deep, graceful and plush, velvety dark fruit long into the vibrant and seductive, chocolate-laced finish. Great potential.

99

The Wine Palate

Review Date: 10/2025
Made from 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot, the 2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou is deep garnet colored. It needs a little coaxing before it blasts out of the glass with notes of creme de cassis, blackberry preserves, and stewed plums, plus suggestions of licorice, tar, crushed rocks, and finally a beautiful waft of violets. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a rock-solid structure of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness supporting the concentrated, muscular black fruit flavors, finishing very long with loads of earth and mineral-inspired layers. (LPB)

98

Jane Anson

Review Date: 04/2023
Right at the top of what St Julien can produce in this exceptional vintage, this is chiselled, focused, well-hewn tannins, with waves of graphite, cocoa bean, pencil lead and crushed rose petals. Still barely revving up at 7 years old, with decades ahead of it, and will keep delivering the goods. Balanced and textured, tannins that barely put a foot wrong in their control of the cassis and bilberry fruit. Emmanuel Bonneau first year as technical director.

Notes

97+ points Neal Martin for Vinous: "The 2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou is blessed with one of the finest aromatics you will find within the appellation, delivering pixelated, mineral-driven black fruit laced with cedar and sous-bois and seeming so natural and effortless. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. Taut and crisp, leading into a detailed, quite persistent finish that, again, just comes across as effortless. This is a sophisticated and quite enthralling Saint-Julien." (08/2020)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
OriginSaint Julien, Bordeaux, France
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1299173
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