Château Ducru-BeaucaillouLa Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien of the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is in the top 20 of wines of Saint-Julien.
Taste structure of the La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien from the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, plum or black fruits and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien
Pairings that work perfectly with La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien
Original food and wine pairings with La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien
The La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or forest rabbit.
Details and technical informations about Château Ducru-Beaucaillou's La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Structured, tannic reds, deeply coloured, with aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and graphite, underpinned by firm acidity and fine ageing potential. Cornerstone of the great Médoc estates (Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe, Saint-Julien) and signature of Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo. The world's most planted red variety, a natural cross of Cabernet Franc x Sauvignon Blanc born in Bordeaux.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Cuvée Colbert Saint-Julien from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou are 2014, 2013
Informations about the Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
The Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Saint-Julien to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Julien
Médoc AOC, perfect balance between Pauillac and Margaux (Bordeaux, 11 Crus Classés 1855): signature Cabernet Sauvignon as red king (~61%) with Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc — almost black dark ruby robe with intense signature notes of blueberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, plum evolving into liquorice, tobacco, truffle and leather, infinitely elegant melting silky tannins, dense, refined and velvety. AOC (1936), Garonne gravel, decade-long ageing.
The wine region of Bordeaux
World-renowned age-worthy reds, led by round Merlot (plum, black fruit) or firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, graphite), blended with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot for tannic structure. Structured Médoc and Graves, velvety Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. Also crisp dry whites (Sauvignon/Sémillon) and opulent sweet Sauternes with honey and candied fruit. A 110,000 ha Gironde vineyard, 65 appellations, cradle of the 1855 classified growths.
The word of the wine: Licking
Operation consisting in sanitizing a barrel by introducing a wick of ignited sulphur which produces a release of sulphurous gas.
