Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - St.-Julien 2005 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $415.00
| Producer | Château Ducru-Beaucaillou |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 124401 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
The 2005 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is still stunning with an incredible bouquet of ripe currants spicy herbs tobacco and smoke with a kiss of savory flowers in the background. Rich full-bodied and powerful on the palate it has nicely integrated tannins a layered mouthfeel and awesome length on the finish. It's just now at the early stages of its prime drinking window and has another 30 years or so of prime drinking.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
"The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is a 10000-case blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot (they used to produce 18000-20000 cases). It is an exceptionally powerful wine with a dense purple color superb intensity and a beautiful sweet nose of spring flowers raspberries blueberries graphite and creme de cassis. Full-bodied with fabulous concentration exceptionally high tannin good acidity and massive layers of richness that build incrementally on the palate this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003. It may be the finest wine produced at this estate since the 1982 and 1961 Ducrus. "
James Suckling: 95 Points
"A nice complex wine with notes of flowers berries and leather in the nose. Full-bodied with pure fruit that turns from light raspberry to cherry jam. This is balanced and silky a beautiful harmony. Give this some time if you can."
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
"Aromas of blackberry currant and toasty oak with a hint of spice lead to a full-bodied palate with plenty of blackberry chocolate and Indian spices. Balanced refined and very pretty with a velvety texture and a long beautifully textured finish. "
Vinous: 94 Points
"Good deep ruby-red. Wonderfully sweet aromatic nose combines currant chocolate and cedary oak. Fat lush and silky with atypical volume to the flavors of plum tobacco and chocolate. Wonderfully supple plump wine with layers of flavor thoroughly sweet tannins and compelling aromatic persistence. Today the wine's substantial baby fat is masking its impressive underlying power. According to Borie this 2005 combines the best traits of the chateau's 2003 and 2000. "
