{"product_id":"chateau-ducru-beaucaillou-saint-julien-grand-cru-classe-2020-750ml","title":"Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) 2020 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe style of 2020 is reminiscent of the academic 2010 but with a higher concentration of flavours and greater density of anthocyanins and tannins, underlined with the Ducru’s trademark freshness, giving an exquisite, succulent texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlend: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot Noir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100Jeb Dunnuck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother legendary Ducru Beaucaillou in the making, the 2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou hasn't budged since release. Full-bodied, concentrated, and layered, it has incredible purity in its cassis and darker, almost blue fruits, some classic yet primary tobacco, graphite, and mineral notes, a dense mid-palate, and awesome length on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e98Decanter\u003cbr\u003e\nAn amazing Ducru, one of the wines of the vintage. Hugely persistent, chiselled and precise, yet succulent in its berry and cassis fruit character. The slate and pencil lead finish slows things down and grabs hold of you, I love the push-and-pull of the tannins. Always a confident and well-finessed wine, really flexing its muscles in 2020. 100% new oak barrels.\u003cbr\u003e\nBarrel Sample: 98\u003cbr\u003e\n98Vinous\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 2020 Ducru Beaucaillou was picked from 11-30 September, matured entirely in new oak for an expected 18 months. It has a very succinct bouquet, not one that leaps from the glass and demands attention, but it unfolds slowly, at its own pace, revealing enticing scents of blackberry, cedar, iris petals and crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit. There is a saline spine that runs through this Saint-Julien from start to finish, a quite enormous structure that exerts grip towards the finish. It is not a Ducru-Beaucaillou that goes out to deliver finesse or understatement, but one that you will have to cellar for a few years, pull out and have the superlatives ready. This is an immense and cerebral Ducru-Beaucaillou from Bruno Borie and his team. -Neal Martin\u003cbr\u003e\nBarrel Sample: 96-98\u003cbr\u003e\n97James Suckling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlackcurrants and blueberries with violets and crushed stone. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied but very tight and reserved, with racy, almost steely tannins. Some subtle sweet fruit in the center palate. Great transparency and clarity. Super precision here. Vertical and polished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e95Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Ducru-Beaucaillou unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, pencil shavings, violets and pipe tobacco, all framed by creamy new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and concentrated, with a deep but tightly wound core that's still quite wrapped up in extract and oak tannin, even if it isn't quite as big-boned as its 2019 counterpart. It will require some patience. Best After 2030\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68103652540640,"sku":"132514","price":379.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/chateau-ducru-beaucaillou-saint-julien-grand-cru-classe_1_4a35d713-5588-4230-af3c-f72f6ba7c18b.jpg?v=1792698659","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-ducru-beaucaillou-saint-julien-grand-cru-classe-2020-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}