2017 Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix de Beaucaillou
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Jancis Robinson MW
The Wine Advocate
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Tasted blind. Deep ruby colour. Smoky, seductive and sweet spices on the nose. Cedar, summer fruits and crunchy tannins at the core. Quite spicy, with generous helpings of sweet oak. Despite the rich oak flavour the fruit remains in balance on a long finish. (TP)
The 2017 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou is bold, juicy and super expressive. A rush of blackberry jam, chocolate, licorice and spice all build in a Saint-Julien loaded with resonance and volume. Readers will have a hard time keeping their hands off this jewel of a wine.
The 2017 Croix de Beaucaillou is aged in around 80% new oak and was bottled in June. The nose reflects my remarks out of barrel with gorgeous red berry fruit laced with fresh fig and wild mint, very well defined, a Croix de Beaucaillou with panache to spare. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and fine tannins married with a fine bead of acidity. It is not a dense or particularly concentrated wine, but nimble and "athletic", fresh as a daisy on the finish. Classic Saint-Julien!
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.