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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.”

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Château Leoville-Las-Cases, Cos d'Estournel

3-bottle Horizontal

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Base neck fill

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1985 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   

1994 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

RP  90   
CT  90.5   

1995 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  94+    
JR  17.5   
WS  #1 of 1998   
2 available
Bid *

2000 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WA  96   
JS  96   
DE  96   
WS  94   
CT  93.7   
VN  93   
ST  92+    
JR  16.5   

2003 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  97   
DE  95   
WA  94   
WS  94   
JS  94   
VN  93   
CT  93.1   
ST  92   
WE  91   
JR  15.5   
WS  #28 of 2006   
3 available
Bid *

2003 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork

JD  97   
DE  95   
WA  94   
WS  94   
JS  94   
VN  93   
CT  93.1   
ST  92   
WE  91   
JR  15.5   
WS  #28 of 2006   

2005 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

RP  97   
WS  95   
JS  95   
ST  94   
12 available
Bid *

2006 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WS  95   
JS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    
JR  15.5   
WS  #96 of 2009   

2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WA  91-93   
6 available
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2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WA  91-93   
2 available
Bid *

2016 La Croix de Beaucaillou

JS  94   
JD  93   
WA  92   
VN  92   
WS  91   
JR  16   

2017 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WE  94   
JS  93   
JD  93+    
VN  92   
WA  89-91   
JR  15.5   
12 available
Bid *