Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - St.-Julien 2020 (750ml)
Price: $289.00
| Producer | Château Ducru-Beaucaillou |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Julien |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1005797 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
Lastly the 2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is another legendary wine from this château that has been on an incredible run over the past decade. A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Merlot that was brought up all in new French oak it has a saturated purple hue to go with an incredible mineral-laced bouquet of crème de cassis liquid violets graphite and tobacco leaf. More structured and concentrated than any of the Léovilles this blockbuster deep concentrated full-bodied Saint-Julien has off-the-charts purity ultra-fine tannins and a great great finish. I wrote in my notes "Like the 2010 only better." You won't find a more concentrated yet flawlessly balanced and elegant wine out there. It's going to need a decade of cellaring and will have 40 50 if not 60 years of longevity.
The Wine Independent: 99 Points
The 2020 Ducru-Beaucaillou 81% Cabernet Sauvignon and 19% Merlot is deep garnet-purple in color. Classic notes of cassis cedar and graphite open out to nuances of menthol tilled soil tobacco and violets. The medium-bodied palate is refreshing and savory with grainy tannins and a long minerally finish. This is classic Ducru.
Decanter: 99 Points
Evocative and moreish a Ducru that beguiles and delights from the start with a scented nose full of cedar rose violets cherries and damsons - a riot of Cabernet typicity. Vibrant and pulsing on the palate this has grip and intention from the get-go. Massy full and wide in the mouth - there’s density and this is broad but it’s delicate too - a sense of weightlessness with such movement and energy and a soft sweet succulent grip throughout. Powerful with present tannins that unravel slowly so there’s time to appreciate the details as they come. A thoughtful and intellectual wine that leaves a smile on your face.
Jane Anson: 98 Points
I've tasted this vintage a few times recently and each time its proved impossible to resist showcasing precision and crafting with concentrated and intense cassis and bilberry fruits loaded up with cigar box slate sage and a delicate caress of crushed roses. Harvest September 11 to 30. Emmanuel Bonneau technical director Eric Boissenot consultant. Anniversary of the founding 1720 marriage between Jacques de Bergeron and Marie Dejean heiress of the vines that would become Ducru Beaucaillou so this marks 300 years from the birth of the property.
James Suckling: 97 Points
Blackcurrants and blueberries with violets and crushed stone. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied but very tight and reserved with racy almost steely tannins. Some subtle sweet fruit in the center palate. Great transparency and clarity. Super precision here. Vertical and polished. Try after 2028.
Vinous: 96-98 Points
The 2020 Ducru Beaucaillou was picked from 11-30 September matured entirely in new oak for an expected 18 months. It has a very succinct bouquet not one that leaps from the glass and demands attention but it unfolds slowly at its own pace revealing enticing scents of blackberry cedar iris petals and crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit. There is a saline
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2020 Ducru-Beaucaillou unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries pencil shavings violets and pipe tobacco all framed by creamy new oak. On the palate it's medium to full-bodied fleshy and concentrated with a deep but tightly wound core that's still quite wrapped up in extract and oak tannin even if it isn't quite as big-boned as its 2019 counterpart. It will require some patience.
