1989 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou (750ml)

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Vintage: 1989
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
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Designation:
Appellation: St. Julien
Producer: Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Medoc
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Tasting note: Ducru's 1989 was one of the more tannic, backward wines in the blind tasting. It is cleanly made, and well-crafted, with plenty of black-raspberry and cassis fruit nicely touched by minerals and a fragrant, floral component. Medium-bodied, elegant, and well-endowed, this is a potentially outstanding wine if all the tannin melts away over the next 5-6 years. (89pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Feb. 1997
Score: 89
Drink: 2001-2020

Tasting note: Delivers lots of tanned leather and spices, with very ripe fruit, from dried strawberry to raisin, turning to jam. Full-bodied, offering a very fresh palate of exotic fruit, currant and raisin as well as silky and polished tannins. So long and beautiful. Why wait? But it has a long life ahead. There is a lot of bottle variation in this wine due to TCA issues, but this is a beauty. (92pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted:
Score: 92
Drink: N/A