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The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is a 10,000-case blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot (they used to produce 18,000-20,000 cases). It is an exceptionally powerful wine with a dense purple color, superb intensity, and a beautiful, sweet nose of spring flowers, raspberries, blueberries, graphite, and creme de cassis. Full-bodied with fabulous concentration, exceptionally high tannin, good acidity, and massive layers of richness that build incrementally on the palate, this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003. It may be the finest wine produced at this estate since the 1982 and 1961 Ducrus. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2050.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 30th April 2008
94-96 Barrel sample. Huge blackcurrant fruits dominate a wine that is powerful and showing very ripe. There are flavors of smoky, balanced tannins, bitter cherries, black figs. As all the great wines in 2005, it finishes with a delicious lift of acidity.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 20th June 2006
Aromas of blackberry, currant and toasty oak, with a hint of spice, lead to a full-bodied palate, with plenty of blackberry, chocolate and Indian spices. Balanced, refined and very pretty, with a velvety texture and a long, beautifully textured finish. Best after 2013. 10,000 cases made. -JS
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 31st March 2008
A nice, complex wine with notes of flowers, berries and leather in the nose. Full-bodied, with pure fruit that turns from light raspberry to cherry jam. This is balanced and silky, a beautiful harmony. Give this some time if you can.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 1st May 2012
(67% cabernet sauvignon and 33% merlot) Bright ruby. Wonderfully aromatic nose offers blackberry, kirsch, violet, licorice and minerals. Densely packed and classy, with ripe acids giving precision to the cassis, cherry, mineral and bitter chocolate flavors. Powerful yet light on its feet thanks to the impression of energy. This really coats the entire palate. Finishes with superb length and noble tannins. Shows little of the cedar and coconut qualities that past vintages have shown; in fact, thus far there's little sign of the wine's oak component. (The estate's La Croix de Beaucaillou, a blend of 60% cabernet sauvignon and 40% merlot, is aromatic, suave and intensely flavored, if a bit tightly wound, and should offer good value in its price range; I preferred this wine to the Lalande-Borie, which seemed a bit chunky and raw in comparison, and showed some dry tannins.)
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 1st May 2006
(contains a relatively high percentage of merlot, in the range of 30%) Good deep ruby-red. Wonderfully sweet, aromatic nose combines currant, chocolate and cedary oak. Fat, lush and silky, with atypical volume to the flavors of plum, tobacco and chocolate. Wonderfully supple, plump wine with layers of flavor, thoroughly sweet tannins and compelling aromatic persistence. Today the wine's substantial baby fat is masking its impressive underlying power. According to Borie, this 2005 combines the best traits of the chateau's 2003 and 2000.
Ducru delivers absolute deliciousness in 2005, a refined and elegant pleasure that just feels right in the end. It could be that after all the sleek, floral beauty, the polished chocolate-truffle tannin, there's a formidable grip that tightens around the finish. Suddenly it feels as hard as iron. If the aromatic beauty of the fruit can survive while the tannin matures, this could well be a wine to covet in 20 years.
Drinking Window: 2016 - 2041
Review Date: 1st October 2008
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- Year 2005
- Colour Red
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Sub Region Saint-Julien
- Designation
- Classification
- Pack Size 12x75cl
- ABV 13°
- Drinking Window 2018 - 2050
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 100947920051200750
- Reviews (7)
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97 Wine Advocate
The 2005 Ducru Beaucaillou is a 10,000-case blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot (they used to produce 18,000-20,000 cases). It is an exceptionally powerful wine with a dense purple color, superb intensity, and a beautiful, sweet nose of spring flowers, raspberries, blueberries, graphite, and creme de cassis. Full-bodied with fabulous concentration, exceptionally high tannin, good acidity, and massive layers of richness that build incrementally on the palate, this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003. It may be the finest wine produced at this estate since the 1982 and 1961 Ducrus. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2050.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 30th April 2008
95 Wine Enthusiast94-96 Barrel sample. Huge blackcurrant fruits dominate a wine that is powerful and showing very ripe. There are flavors of smoky, balanced tannins, bitter cherries, black figs. As all the great wines in 2005, it finishes with a delicious lift of acidity.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 20th June 2006
95 Wine SpectatorAromas of blackberry, currant and toasty oak, with a hint of spice, lead to a full-bodied palate, with plenty of blackberry, chocolate and Indian spices. Balanced, refined and very pretty, with a velvety texture and a long, beautifully textured finish. Best after 2013. 10,000 cases made. -JS
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 31st March 2008
95 James SucklingA nice, complex wine with notes of flowers, berries and leather in the nose. Full-bodied, with pure fruit that turns from light raspberry to cherry jam. This is balanced and silky, a beautiful harmony. Give this some time if you can.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 1st May 2012
92-94 Stephen Tanzer - Vinous(67% cabernet sauvignon and 33% merlot) Bright ruby. Wonderfully aromatic nose offers blackberry, kirsch, violet, licorice and minerals. Densely packed and classy, with ripe acids giving precision to the cassis, cherry, mineral and bitter chocolate flavors. Powerful yet light on its feet thanks to the impression of energy. This really coats the entire palate. Finishes with superb length and noble tannins. Shows little of the cedar and coconut qualities that past vintages have shown; in fact, thus far there's little sign of the wine's oak component. (The estate's La Croix de Beaucaillou, a blend of 60% cabernet sauvignon and 40% merlot, is aromatic, suave and intensely flavored, if a bit tightly wound, and should offer good value in its price range; I preferred this wine to the Lalande-Borie, which seemed a bit chunky and raw in comparison, and showed some dry tannins.)
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2050
Review Date: 1st May 2006
94 Vinous(contains a relatively high percentage of merlot, in the range of 30%) Good deep ruby-red. Wonderfully sweet, aromatic nose combines currant, chocolate and cedary oak. Fat, lush and silky, with atypical volume to the flavors of plum, tobacco and chocolate. Wonderfully supple, plump wine with layers of flavor, thoroughly sweet tannins and compelling aromatic persistence. Today the wine's substantial baby fat is masking its impressive underlying power. According to Borie, this 2005 combines the best traits of the chateau's 2003 and 2000.
94 Wine & Spirit MagazineDucru delivers absolute deliciousness in 2005, a refined and elegant pleasure that just feels right in the end. It could be that after all the sleek, floral beauty, the polished chocolate-truffle tannin, there's a formidable grip that tightens around the finish. Suddenly it feels as hard as iron. If the aromatic beauty of the fruit can survive while the tannin matures, this could well be a wine to covet in 20 years.
Drinking Window: 2016 - 2041
Review Date: 1st October 2008
- Producer
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is 2ème Grand Cru Classé property in Saint Julien on Bordeaux’s Left Bank. The word “Beaucaillou” translates as "beautiful stones" because of the large pebbles which cover the soils of the estate. This property can trace its roots back to the C13th, making it one of Bordeaux’s most historic estates. Bertrand Ducru purchased the estate in 1795. He added his name to the winery which quickly earned fame under the name of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. Successful Bordeaux wine merchant Francis Borie acquired the estate in 1941 (there is hope for us all!). Since 2003, Bruno Borie has been the proprietor and he is firmly in charge of everything that takes place here. Bruno is largely responsible for the recent stratospheric rise of this estate. The 75 hectare Saint Julien vineyard is planted with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. Some of the vines date back to 1918!
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