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