Château Ducru Beaucaillou 2024, St Julien
IN BOND
Delivery 2027
Appellation - St Julien
Owner - Bruno Borie
86% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon
Second wine - La Croix de Beaucaillou
Annual production –10,000 cases
TASTING NOTES
Deep garnet-purple in color. Strides out with classic notes of crushed black currants, fresh black plums, and pencil shavings, plus hints of violets, licorice, and black olives with a touch of menthol. The medium-bodied palate delivers a firm frame of grainy tannins and well-knit freshness to support the blackberry flavors and spicy undertones, finishing on a lingering anise note.
86% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, to be aged for 18 months, 100% new. pH 3.8, IPT 87.
94/96
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2025
A gorgeously vivid, lifted nose, with floral aromatics, dark berry and cassis fruits, fleshy but understated, elegant and finessed, squid ink, sandalwood, incense, maintains estate signature and is full of pleasure, 100% new oak for ageing, 3.8 pH. Harvest 23 September to 7 October.
95
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, April 2025
The 2024 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a sleek, elegant wine. Silky tannins give the 2024 its distinctly mid-weight, lithe personality. Readers will find a gracious Ducru built more on persistence and nervy tension than size or opulence. Blue/black fruits, lavender, cloves, menthol and chocolate open over time. It will be fascinating to see how this ages. 2034 - 2054
94/96
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, April 2025
