2009 La Croix de Beaucaillou
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
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75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Merlot. The grand vin is the result of an increasingly strict selection process, with approximately 50% of the production going into the final Ducru Beaucaillou wine and the balance used in the Croix de Beaucaillou. 60% new oak used in maturation, and the rest one year old. Winemaker Bruno Borie. Lively, expressive fruit with a note of oak vanillin. Finely built, harmonious, though a little less full in the mouth than the Capbern is at the moment and more cedar and cassis. Maybe a very very slight bitterness on the finish, hence the minus. Tannins are fine and ripe. (JH)
Another second wine, before Jade Jagger was given the job of repackaging it like a bottle of scent. Relatively pale crimson. Luscious and yet dry on the end. Really well constituted. Dense and set for a great future. (JR)
A bit of oak on the nose. Sweet and smudgy. But quite long and satisfying. Youthful with lots of tannin still in evidence. Attractive freshness. (JR)
About the producer
Second Growth estate Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou in Saint-Julien is one of the Super Seconds, an elite group of properties producing wines that regularly compete with the finest in the Médoc.