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2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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Minimum Bid Per Bottle is $210
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ITEM 10195734 - Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased upon release; Consignor is original owner

Bidder Quantity Amount Total
3 $210
Item Sold Amount Date
I10181557 1 $210 Jun 22, 2025
I10167987 1 $210 Jun 15, 2025
I10140269 4 $210 Jun 1, 2025
I10110749 3 $220 May 18, 2025
I10057844 1 $200 Apr 27, 2025
I10057615 2 $200 Apr 27, 2025
I9971291 1 $210 Mar 16, 2025
I9969638 1 $210 Mar 9, 2025
I9956124 2 $245 Mar 2, 2025
I9951314 1 $200 Mar 2, 2025
2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

RATINGS

100Jeb Dunnuck

A legendary wine from the genius of Bruno Borie... a mammoth bouquet of crème de cassis, espresso, camphor, crushed violets, toasty oak, and graphite. Full-bodied, concentrated, and backward on the palate.. perfectly integrated acidity and building tannins,

99James Suckling

Blueberries, cassis, blackberries and dark plums, delivering a very enticing impression. Beautiful ripeness here. The tannins are perfectly ripe and layers meld into each other, carrying deep, graceful and plush, velvety dark fruit

98The Wine Advocate

Wonderfully savory, earthy/meaty nose, delivering well-defined notes of tapenade, truffles, charcuterie and sautéed herbs over crème de cassis... Medium to full-bodied, the palate is built like a brick house with the taut, muscular fruit

98Vinous / IWC

...Red cherry fruit, pomegranate, blood orange, menthol and sweet tobacco all race across the palate. Vivid, sumptuous and impeccable in its balance...

98Wine Enthusiast

...stylish, with a great future that is all balance and elegance. There are structured tannins as well as ample acidity...

97Wine Spectator

Offers exotic, cashmere-textured, mocha-infused blackberry, cassis and plum puree flavors, with smoldering incense and warm fruitcake notes and a swath of plush yet serious grip too boot, showing ample depth and breath.

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17Jancis Robinson

PRODUCER

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a Second-Growth estate in the St.-Julien appellation. The estate’s history goes back centuries, and five families have owned and operated it over many generations. Today the 128-acre estate is owned by the Borie family, who purchased it in 1941. The family also owns Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Château Haut-Batailley. Ducru-Beaucaillou means “beautiful stones,” and the estate was named after the impressive, large stones in the region. Vineyards are planted to 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. About 220,000 bottles are produced annually. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “the wine of Ducru-Beaucaillou is the essence of elegance, symmetry, balance, breed, class and distinction.”

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.