Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2022

Bewertungen

• 100/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  The striking, black-purple color lets you know this is going be good. The nose, with its array of black, blue and red fruits, smoke, flowers, and Cuban cigars definitely grabs your attention. But, make no mistake, it is the multi-layered palate, with its opulence, and density that somehow also manages to be equally diaphanous that steals the show. The seamless finish effortlessly glides across your palate for more than 60 seconds! Give this beauty some time in the cellar before popping a cork. With tannins this soft, it is going to be effortless in their youth. Yet, it will age for 3 or more decades with ease. The wine blends 81% Cabernet Sauvignon with 19% Merlot. Tasted twice, this competes with the 100 Pt. 2016. Drink from 2028-2065."

• 98+/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The Grand Vin 2022 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou checks in as 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot that was raised all in new barrels. Its deep ruby/purple/plum hue is followed by an utterly heavenly Saint-Julien that has pure cassis and darker berry fruits, a core of violets, spring flowers, graphite, and spicy oak, full-bodied richness, and ultra-fine, polished tannins. It's as seamless, pure, and elegant as they come, while at the same time being intense, powerful, and concentrated. It reminds me of the 2010 and is going to warrant a decade of cellaring, and have a solid half-century of prime drinking. For the tech geeks out there, the 2022 hit 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.8 and an IPT of 95. It’s an absolute sensational Saint-Julien from this talented team."

• 98/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, tintig, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine Nuancen von Edelholz, reife schwarze Kirschen, zart nach Ribiseln, süße Gewürze, kandierte Orangenzesten und Nugat. Stoffig, elegant, feine Fruchtsüße, kühle Nuancen, gute Frische, präsente, integrierte Tannine, dunkle Waldbeeren im Nachhall, dunkles Nugat im Rückgeschmack, zeigt große Länge, mineralischer Nachhall, sicheres Potenzial für viele Jahre."

• 98/100

  Jane Anson
  Delivers as it did En Primeur, again giving the impression of a carefully constructed, confident and poised wine, that has St Julien typicity, but turned up with Ducru opulence. Muscular, concentrated, packed with graphite, flint, crayon and gunsmoke, alongside juicy and rich fruit, giving contrasting textures that add interest and complexity. A ton of ageing ahead of it. 3.8ph, 95IPT. 100% new oak. 30hl/h yield."

• 19+/20

  Weinwisser
  82 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 18 % Merlot, 30 hl/ha. Betörendes Bouquet, Wildkirsche, Schlehensaft, verführerischer Irisduft, dahinter getrocknete Fliederblüten, Lakritze und Heidelbeergelee. Am erhabenen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, engmaschigem Tanninkorsett, balancierter Rasse und durchtrainiertem Körper. Im konzentrierten, sehr präzisen und langanhaltenden Finale eine Explosion von Brombeeren und Holundersaft, getragen von einer feinkörnigen Adstringenz. Besticht dieses Jahr durch diskrete «Sexyness» und teilt sich mit Léoville-Barton den zweiten Platz in St. Julien."

• 98/100

  James Suckling
  A great, powerful and proportional Ducru with everything in the right place. The aromas and flavors are very precise and beautiful with blackberry, raspberry and citrus undertones. Full-bodied and structured, it has polished electric tannins that are finely layered, well formed and very long. Remains cool on the palate. 82% cabernet sauvignon and 18% merlot. Drink after 2029 but will age beautifully."

• 97/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  This is a velvet wine on the surface. But its density and concentration are balanced by the superb acidity and perfumed black fruits from the dominant Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine has a seriously long-term future."

• 97/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  This is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Merlot, and the élevage was 18 months in 100% new oak. A surprisingly perfumed example of Ducru-Beaucaillou, forgoing the dark intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon I intended to find, instead serving up perfumed currants, mint, verbena and sandalwood. This is followed by a richly polished palate, fine and tense, sinewy rather than muscular, with a powdery vein of tannins that writhes beneath the fruit, slowly pushing through in the middle and finish. The finish presents a huge structure, with a real density here, but all sinew and tendon, with linear tannic structure. Long and sooty, and seething with potential. This will be great, while eschewing the breadth and robust substance that some wines show. This is a change from the Ducru-Beaucaillou of even just six or seven years ago, when I would have expected a style which was darker, more brooding and a touch more muscular. I like it. The alcohol on the label is 14%."

• 97/100

  Decanter
  Wonderfully evocative scents on the nose - perfumed and alluring dark berry fruit. Rich and juicy - fully concentrated fruit meets powdery tannins giving a fleshy aspect to the palate. Smooth and supple, slightly chewy fruit give a cushioning before crisp mineral aspects of wet stone, graphite and toasted liquorice come through. Fully flavoured with a long finish. A great wine that delivers the vintage in a stylish way."

• 17,5+/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Deep colour - purple-black to the rim. Cassis and blueberry fragrance with a toasted oak edge. Smoky and minerally as well. Smooth texture with a generous quantity of tannin behind. Concentrated, polished and long. Has the potential but needs time."