Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus ( Second Growths ) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.The estate Château Ducru-Beaucaillou was purchased by Francois Borie in 1941 and has remained in the family since along with the family's other estates Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Château Haut-Batailley. In the mid 1980's the estate battled an infestation of TCA ( Cork taint ) in their cellars that marred several vintages including the 1988, 1989, and 1990. The Chateau has since corrected the problem, and today the wines are fermented and aged in a new underground cellar created in the late 1990s. Today the estate is managed by Bruno Borie.
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou produces two wines. The grand vin called Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, and a second wine produced since 1995 into which lesser quality lots are delegated, La Croix de Beaucaillou. The wines are aged for 18-20 months in 50% to 65% new oak barrels, fined with egg whites, lightly filtered, and then bottled. Wines from Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou are supple yet full-bodied, a typically fine Saint Julien that needs 8-10 years to reveal its rich and fruity, elegant flavors of cassis, vanilla and ripe blackberries.
Have you get their collection yet ? Here was their Top Vintages of the wines : 1953, 1961, 1970, 1982, 1995, 2000, 2003 & 2004.
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