
Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 Saint Julien
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Reminding me of the 2010 with its incredible stature and class (as opposed to the more opulently styled 2009), the 2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a legendary wine from the genius of Bruno Borie, who has managed this estate brilliantly since he arrived in 2003. A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot brought up all in new oak, the 2016 has a mammoth bouquet of crème de cassis, espresso, camphor, crushed violets, toasty oak, and graphite. Full-bodied, concentrated, and backward on the palate, it nevertheless has perfectly integrated acidity and building tannins, a concentrated, layered texture, off-the-charts purity of fruit, and a finish that won't quit. Give this powerful, concentrated wine a solid 7-8 years of bottle age and enjoy it over the following 50 years or more.

The 2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou is an arrestingly beautiful wine. Powerful and sensual in the glass. the 2016 exudes remarkable concentration from start to finish. Red cherry fruit. pomegranate. blood orange. menthol and sweet tobacco all race across the palate. Vivid. sumptuous and impeccable in its balance. Ducru is one of the wines of the vintage in 2016. It has been unforgettable on both occasions I have tasted it from bottle so far.

eep garnet-purple colored. the 2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou features a wonderfully savory. earthy/meaty nose. delivering well-defined notes of tapenade. truffles. charcuterie and sautéed herbs over crème de cassis. wild blueberries and kirsch with wafts of pencil lead and menthol. Medium to full-bodied. the palate is built like a brick house with the taut. muscular fruit well framed by very firm yet very ripe and finely grained tannins. offering a quiet intensity of red fruit and mineral sparks and finishing with epic length.

The 2016 Ducru-Beaucaillou. bottled in August 2018. is very deep in color. It has a tightly wound bouquet of blackberry. boysenberry and minerals and a faint estuarine tang of oyster shells. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin. layers of pure blackberry and wild strawberry. and veins of blue fruit tinged with a conspicuous graphite note that becomes more pronounced with aeration. This is almost a Pauillac-like Ducru-Beaucaillou. quite noble and blue-blooded. A wine that should give 40 to 50 years of drinking pleasure.

Super perfumed. attractive violets with a thread of fresh blueberries. cassis. blackberries and dark plums. delivering a very enticing impression. Beautiful ripeness here. The tannins are perfectly ripe and layers meld into each other. carrying deep. graceful and plush. velvety dark fruit long into the vibrant and seductive. chocolate-laced finish. Great potential. Try from 2024.
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96-98 / 100 Parker Punkte
Neal Martin bewertet den Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 im April 2017:
The 2016 Ducru Beaucaillou is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot cropped at 36 hectoliters per hectare between 24 September and 14 October and matured in 100% new oak barrels (for a total of 18 months). The alcohol level comes in at 13.63% with a pH of 3.71. The bouquet is very closed at first. and so I aerated the Grand Vin by transferring from one glass to another. It gradually unfurls to reveal scents of blackberry. bilberry. cedar and a touch of pencil lead. The palate is medium-bodied with a firm backbone cloaked in layers of black fruit. The new oak is probably more present here than some of its peers. but there is more than sufficient substance to absorb that. The mineralité surfaces right towards the persistent finish. completing what is a Ducru Beaucaillou built for the long term.
97-98 / 100 Punkte
James Suckling bewertet den Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 im März 2017:
Very focused and reserved with a mineral. blackberry. licorice and blackcurrant character. Full and refined. Walking a tightrope between steely tannins and and dark fruit. This is highly intellectual and unique. Great finish. Remake of the extraordinary 2014? Stronger than the 2015. for sure.
97-100 / 100 Punkte Winespectator
James Molesworth bewertet den Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 im April 2017:
Offers a scintillating display of roasted apple wood. incense and warm ganache before the core of cassis. plum preserves and raspberry reduction starts to step forward. The finish. loaded with grip but remarkably polished. pulls everything together. A huge. undeniable wine. overt in style. —J.M.
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Die Blend für den Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2016 besteht aus 85% Cabernet Sauvignon und 15% Merlot Noir. Der Ausbau wird für 18 Monate in 100% neuen Barriques reifen. Der Alkoholgehalt wird bei 13.6 Vol% liegen. Die Lese fand zwischen dem 24. September und dem 14 Oktober statt.