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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

1982 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

France Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Bordeaux Saint-Julien 2eme Cru Classe 750ML

Wine Advocate

96

Vinous

90

CellarTracker

93
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1982 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

1982 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2eme Cru Classe, Saint-Julien

France Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Bordeaux Saint-Julien 2eme Cru Classe 750ML

Wine Advocate

96

Vinous

90

CellarTracker

93
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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

96

From my cellar, the 1982 Ducru-Beaucaillou is one of the most youthful of the Médoc crus classés today. Unwinding in the decanter and glass with a rich bouquet of blackcurrants, licorice, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a broad attack that segues into a deep core of fruit framed by ripe, powdery tannins and succulent acids. It's an unusually big-boned rendition of this elegant-styled wine, but it's no less compelling for that.

Vinous

Vinous

90

The 1982 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a vintage that has been variable over the years and this example merely adds to the bottle-to-bottle inconsistency. It starts promisingly with quite a mineral-driven bouquet, more intensity than the '82 Beychevelle, plenty of black fruit mixed with undergrowth and leather, a touch of chlorophyll too. The palate is medium-bodied and shows a little more VA than expected; likewise I was not the only person who thought there was some Brettanomyces marring the finish. Over 30 minutes it becomes quite herbal. Like a misbehaving child! Tasted single blind at the 1982 dinner at Cornus in London.

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

96

From my cellar, the 1982 Ducru-Beaucaillou is one of the most youthful of the Médoc crus classés today. Unwinding in the decanter and glass with a rich bouquet of blackcurrants, licorice, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a broad attack that segues into a deep core of fruit framed by ripe, powdery tannins and succulent acids. It's an unusually big-boned rendition of this elegant-styled wine, but it's no less compelling for that.

Vinous

Vinous

90

The 1982 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a vintage that has been variable over the years and this example merely adds to the bottle-to-bottle inconsistency. It starts promisingly with quite a mineral-driven bouquet, more intensity than the '82 Beychevelle, plenty of black fruit mixed with undergrowth and leather, a touch of chlorophyll too. The palate is medium-bodied and shows a little more VA than expected; likewise I was not the only person who thought there was some Brettanomyces marring the finish. Over 30 minutes it becomes quite herbal. Like a misbehaving child! Tasted single blind at the 1982 dinner at Cornus in London.