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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, 2021

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
by Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
$229.00
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In a vintage that favored restraint and classic structure, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou leaned into its strengths—old vines, deep gravel soils, and meticulous vineyard work—to craft a 2021 that speaks with clarity and composure. One of the most iconic estates in Saint-Julien, Ducru has long been known for wines that marry power with finesse, and this bottling is no exception—though here, finesse takes the lead.

The blend skews toward Cabernet Sauvignon, giving the wine structure, dark fruit, and a graphite backbone. Aromas of blackcurrant, violet, cedar, and crushed rock rise from the glass, while the palate is cool, linear, and deeply mineral, with ultra-fine tannins and bright acidity that hint at serious aging potential. There's less density than in warmer years, but more transparency—this is a wine for classicists.

Drink it in 8–10 years, or cellar longer for true elegance to emerge. Ducru 2021 is Bordeaux with restraint, polish, and place at its core.

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Antonio Galloni

98 points

"The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a pretty significant departure from the past, as it is nearly pure Cabernet Sauvignon. A deep, aristocratic wine, the 2021 possesses remarkable intensity from start to finish. Inky dark fruit, bittersweet chocolate and leather are some of the myriad nuances that develop with some aeration. The 2021 is so well balanced. The 100% new oak, often quite dominant in Ducru en primeur, is so well integrated, likely because lower alcohol extracted less oak imprint. The 2021 is a drop dead gorgeous wine, and a Ducru for the ages. Superb." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

96 points

"A wine that will delight Médoc purists, the 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of fully 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot and checks in at a mere 12.5% alcohol. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, loamy soil and spices, it's full-bodied, layered and velvety, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and powdery tannins. Complete and penetrating, it's a true classic, reminiscent of a modern-day version of Ducru's brilliant 1996—though today's precision winemaking means that the 2021 is unlikely to go through so long a hibernation as that vintage." —William Kelley

Jancis Robinson

17.5 points

"Deep, bright purple hue. Elegant cedar, dark-fruit and cassis nose. Lovely depth of fruit, velvety texture, abundant but polished tannins and lingering freshness. Drives on the finish. A well-groomed thoroughbred. Pure, precise and long and a little more classic than recent years." —James Lawther MW

Decanter

96 points

"Beautiful and beguiling nose, perfumed blackcurrants and dark fruits; damsons, plums, raspberries and rose petals. Lovely crunchy fruit, real bite and presence in the mouth. Excellent precision, tannins are succulent and ripe they fill the mouth with a juicy, intense granular texture. There is such depth to this - perfume, tobacco, earth, violets and concentrated fruits that have a verticality to them with an unprecedented 98% of Cabernet Sauvignon providing the support and the backbone. There is a crystalline purity to the fruit giving tension to the overall frame, it’s focussed and driven all with excellent definition. This is not a wallflower of a wine - it’s charming and confident, strutting its stuff right now and giving you absolut St-Julien terroir and vintage markers in the glass with slate, graphite and liquorice salinity on show. Skilled winemaking on show."

Wine Enthusiast

97 points

"Barrel Sample. This is a wine with enormous potential with rich tannins and dark black fruits. At the same time, it has lightness that gives it a lift of fine black currant fruits. It will age, of course."

More about Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Elegant , Oaky , Rich

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

grilled porterhouse steak, roasted beef tenderloin, lamb shoulder, venison steak, beef bourguignon

Tasting Profile

Deep ruby Saint-Julien with dark cherry, blackcurrant, and cedar aromas. Full-bodied with structured tannins and balanced acidity, displaying flavors of plum, spice, and mineral finish.