2005 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou (750ml)

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Vintage: 2005
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
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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: Showing an intense, dark and slightly evolved color, this wine offers a fruity, reserved, fine, floral and sweet nose which softness makes one think rather of the right bank. Soft and nuanced on entry, the wine develops tender and precise in its touch. It literally strokes the palate and finishes long and a bit warm. I had higher expectations. (95pts. Jean-Marc Quarin)

Tasted: Oct. 2009
Score: 95
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: Good deep ruby-red. Wonderfully sweet, aromatic nose combines currant, chocolate and cedary oak. Fat, lush and silky, with atypical volume to the flavors of plum, tobacco and chocolate. Wonderfully supple, plump wine with layers of flavor, thoroughly sweet tannins and compelling aromatic persistence. Today the wine's substantial baby fat is masking its impressive underlying power. According to Borie, this 2005 combines the best traits of the chateau's 2003 and 2000. (94pts. Stephen Tanzer)

Tasted: May 2008
Score: 94
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: It is an exceptionally powerful wine with a dense purple color, superb intensity, and a beautiful, sweet nose of spring flowers, raspberries, blueberries, graphite, and creme de cassis. Full-bodied with fabulous concentration, exceptionally high tannin, good acidity, and massive layers of richness that build incrementally on the palate, this monumental effort is more structured than their outstanding 2003. It may be the finest wine produced at this estate since the 1982 and 1961 Ducrus. (97pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Apr. 2008
Score: 97
Drink: 2018-50

Tasting note: Aromas of blackberry, currant and toasty oak, with a hint of spice, lead to a full-bodied palate, with plenty of blackberry, chocolate and Indian spices. Balanced, refined and very pretty, with a velvety texture and a long, beautifully textured finish. (95pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Mar. 31, 2008
Score: 95
Drink: After 2013