TESTING
With loads of minerality, a terrific opaque purple color, and slightly more structure
and tannin than either Poyferre or St. - Pierre (and that’s saying something),
this is a blockbuster, fabulous Ducru Beaucaillou that should be at its best a good
decade from now and last 40 - 50 years. The proprietor is not alone in thinking
this is the finest Ducru Beaucaillou since the 1961. The classic wet rock, creme
de cassis, subtle oak and gravelly stoniness of the vineyard come through in this
spectacular, full - bodied, gorgeously pure and intense effort. This is wine for the
ages that should be forgotten for at least a decade. /RP /Feb 2013
and tannin than either Poyferre or St. - Pierre (and that’s saying something),
this is a blockbuster, fabulous Ducru Beaucaillou that should be at its best a good
decade from now and last 40 - 50 years. The proprietor is not alone in thinking
this is the finest Ducru Beaucaillou since the 1961. The classic wet rock, creme
de cassis, subtle oak and gravelly stoniness of the vineyard come through in this
spectacular, full - bodied, gorgeously pure and intense effort. This is wine for the
ages that should be forgotten for at least a decade. /RP /Feb 2013