The Château Ducru-Beaucaillou of Saint-Julien of Bordeaux

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Croix de Beaucaillou Saint-Julien
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This estate is part of the Jean-Eugène Borie.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Julien in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Saint-Julien to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Ducru-Beaucaillou wines

Looking for the best Château Ducru-Beaucaillou wines in Saint-Julien among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Ducru-Beaucaillou wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

How Château Ducru-Beaucaillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, pastasotto pepper merguez (risotto style pasta) or ramen (noodle) soup.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

On the nose the red wine of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. often reveals types of flavors of cream, charcoal or toffee and sometimes also flavors of raisin, dried cranberry or apricot. In the mouth the red wine of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

  • 1959With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.48/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Julien

The wine region of Saint-Julien is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Léoville Las Cases or the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Julien are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Julien often reveals types of flavors of cream, almonds or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of potpourri, blackcurrant jam or allspice.

In the mouth of Saint-Julien is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 110 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Julien, producing 161 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Julien go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Julien? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Ducru-Beaucaillou.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Ducru-Beaucaillou and wines from the region

Domaines Henri Martin – the spirit of family and terroir

The story of Domaines Henri Martin is that of a family business founded on a shared commitment, across generations, to produce wines with character, true to the quality of the exceptional vineyards and the history of the iconic estates they hail from. Descending from a family rooted in the Médoc for more than 300 years, Henri Martin was well aware of the potential of some of the region’s finest parcels. Motivated by this belief and by a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he accomplished something q ...

Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

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