1976 | Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou | Saint-Julien

Introduction

Red Wine: 1976 | Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou | Saint-Julien

Medium crimson garnet, under ocher, wider water edge. Sweet nuances on the nose, reminiscent of Oloroso sherry, a hint of cedar, delicately medicinal. Plenty of tannins and noticeable acidity on the palate, delicate red berries underlined, dark chocolate, dry finish.

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Producer: Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Ratings: WA | 90 F | 90

Vintage: 1976

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Medium crimson garnet, under ocher, wider water edge. Sweet nuances on the nose, reminiscent of Oloroso sherry, a hint of cedar, delicately medicinal. Plenty of tannins and noticeable acidity on the palate, delicate red berries underlined, dark chocolate, dry finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Tasted blind in Bordeaux, the 1976 Ducru Beaucaillou seems to be in gentle, respectable decline. Here there are attractive, loose-knit red berry and cold black tea scents on the nose, the warmth from that summer still evident and somehow, comforting, perhaps compensating for its lack of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with mushroom and a curious tang of licorice allsorts! It is not dissimilar to the magnum served at the property in 2011, although I think in bottle it is just a few steps further along its drinking plateau. Larger formats should still hold pleasure, but bottles should be consumed in the not too distant future. Tasted April 2016. Drink through 2021.

• Falstaff: Medium crimson garnet, under ocher, wider water edge. Sweet nuances on the nose, reminiscent of Oloroso sherry, a hint of cedar, delicately medicinal. Plenty of tannins and noticeable acidity on the palate, delicate red berries underlined, dark chocolate, dry finish.

Producer Information

Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou is a well-regarded wine estate in the Saint-Julien appellation of Bordeaux’s Haut-Mdoc wine region, on the so-called “left bank” of the Gironde estuary. The estate and its eponymous grand vin (the estate’s principle wine) was rated a second growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It is often described as the quintessential Saint-Julien deeply colored and powerfully ripe, yet balanced and harmonious. The grand vin usually needs 10 years of aging and can last for decades. A second wine, Croix de Beaucaillou, is also produced from the Ducru vineyard. The 75-hectare (185-acre) vineyard is situated in the southeast of the appellation, north of the village of Beychevelle and bordering Branaire-Ducru and Beychevelle to the south, with Loville and Langoa Barton to the north. The Ducru-Beaucaillou chteau and estate lies relatively close to the broad Gironde estuary, which moderates the local microclimate and gives some protection from frost and hail. On the deeper gravel layers of the vineyard there is enhanced drainage, evening warmth, and a protective layer stopping the subsoil from drying out in heat waves.