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1975 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature
Robert Parker
87/100
Neal Martin
90/100
Yohan Castaing
92/100
Product: 19758008844

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1975 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux

Description

“Expressive, mature nose with an abundance of sweet fruit liqueurs entwined with underbrush, cedar and oiled leather. Beautifully balanced with ample fruit, soft, caressing tannins and a vibrant, sweet fruitcake aftertaste.”

Tracey Dobbin MW (June 2021)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 1975
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 87/100
I have never been a fan of this wine. I lost confidence in it when it was around ten years of age because of its hard, angular, austere, tannic style. In the most recent tasting, the wine exhibited more ripe fruit than I had previously noticed. There is still plenty of astringent, aggressive tannin, but the balance is better, and the wine reveals a complex, earthy, cedar, curranty nose with dried fruit and herb components, full body, and a classic, old style personality. It displays more finesse and character than it did at a younger age. Like many 1975s, it will keep for 20+ years ... but will the fruit hold up?
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (Feb 1996)
Neal Martin 90/100

The 1975 Ducru-Beaucaillou absolutely shined when Bruno Borie served a bottle at the estate three years ago. There is a little funk on the nose, but there is plenty of fruit behind it, black cherries and boysenberry, cigar box, sage and peppermint. Aeration actually benefits the aromatics and imparts more precision. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and a keen thread of acidity. Whilst it is not amazingly complex, it has plenty of freshness with a saline finish and aftertaste. Well-stored bottles will continue to give pleasure. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château.

Drink 2021 - 2030
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jun 2021)
Yohan Castaing 92/100
A bit shy at first, the 1975 Ducru-Beaucaillou is more vibrant and fresher with air. Fresh with a menthol hit, the bouquet shows red-dark berries, blackcurrant, spices and tobacco aromas. The palate is perfectly balanced with fine-grained tannins, tension and freshness. This is not the densest of wines but it's a very elegant and refined version.
Drink 2022 - 2040
Yohan Castaing, Decanter.com (Jun 2021)

About this wine

Saint-Julien

Saint-Julien

St Julien is the smallest of the ‘Big Four’ Médoc communes although, without any First Growths, it is recognised to be the most consistent of the main communes with many châteaux turning out impressive wines year after year. The wines can be judged as much by texture as flavour, and there is a sleek, wholesome character to the best. At their very finest they combine Margaux’s elegance and refinement with Pauillac’s power and substance.
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