1978 | Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou | Saint-Julien (Magnum)

Introduction

Red Wine: 1978 | Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou | Saint-Julien (Magnum)

The wine is perfectly balanced, with notes of graphite, smoke, fine-grained tannins and a cedar finish.

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Producer: Chteau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Ratings: F | 95

Vintage: 1978

Size: 1.5L

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Rich dark berry confit on the nose, delicate animal and cedar touch, fine dark chocolate, multi-faceted bouquet, Ducru through and through. Highly elegant on the palate, balanced, sweet, ripe plum and blackberry confit, chocolaty and seductive, carried by an acid arc rich in finesse, a great wine that impresses with its great length.

Reviews:

• Falstaff: Jroboam Strong crimson garnet, ruby reflections, delicate ocher edge, dark colour. Rich dark berry confit on the nose, delicate animal and cedar touch, fine dark chocolate, multi-faceted bouquet, Ducru through and through. Highly elegant on the palate, balanced, sweet, ripe plum and blackberry confit, chocolaty and seductive, carried by an acid arc rich in finesse, a great wine that impresses with its great length.

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.