Winelouvre

Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, 2eme Grand Cru Classe Saint Julien 2016

MYR 1,320.00

Region

Bordeaux, France

Alcohol

13.5%

Vintage

2016

Size

0.75L

Pointers

97
  • Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, 2eme Grand Cru Classe Saint Julien 2016

Winelouvre

Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, 2eme Grand Cru Classe Saint Julien 2016

MYR 1,320.00

Region

Bordeaux, France

Alcohol

13.5%

Vintage

2016

Size

0.75L

Pointers

97

Description

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou owes its name to its "beautiful pebbles" ("beaux Cailloux", in French that geologists refer to less romantically as Gunzian gravel. These quarts pebbles were deposited by the ancient Garonne at the beginning of the early Quaternary period, some two million years ago. It suffices to take a walk through the vineyards to make rich lithological finds. Lydian jasper from the Pyrenees, flint, quartz, agatoids... These Gunzian gravels make for soils that are poor in plant nutrients. But it is their very agrological paucity that guarantees the qualitative excellence of the wines. A choice of nature.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Dark purple
There is a perfumed bouquet of sweet black fruits that opens to reveal firmness and rigidity of tannins and acidity, yet the sweetness of fruit is more than a match for this structure.
The very long, almost fragrant finish offers both freshness and minerality.