CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 2012

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2012

“This displays clear traces of coffee bean, dark chocolate and a swirl of creamy mocha – I can see a parallel with the La Croix 2012. The texture is silky, with the pressure from the tannins suggesting just how well this will age. No need to wait too long to get going on this wine though, and it has a gourmet edge that’s hard to resist.” – 96/100, Decanter

VARIETIES: 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot
REGION: Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France
AGEING: Aged 18 months in 100% new barriques
GUARDING POTENTIAL: 10 – 15 years ±
SERVE: Serve at 16ºC – 18ºC
CRITICS SCORES: D/96, WE/95, JS/95, RP/93, WS/93

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2ème Grand Cru Classé – 1855, Saint-Julien Appellation | Range | Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

300 YEARS OF INSPIRATION

For 300 years, six families have nurtured an indelible bond with Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. They are forever captives of this prestigious estate, be they named Desjean, Bergeron, Ducru, Johnston, Desbarat, or Borie. Its families were never short of praise for it. Over the decades, this devotion has managed to overcome all that is accidental or fleeting, as if passion perfected Nature’s opus.

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou owes its name to its “beautiful pebbles” (“beaux Cailloux”, in French) that geologists refer to less romantically as Gunzian gravel. These quartz pebbles were deposited by the ancient Garonne at the beginning of the early Quaternary period, some two million years ago. It suffices to take a walk through the vineyards to make rich lithological finds. Lydian jasper from the Pyrenees, flint, quartz, agatoids… These Gunzian gravels make for soils that are poor in plant nutrients. But it is their very agrological paucity that guarantees the qualitative excellence of the wines. A choice of nature.