2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux Size:75cl crystalline and concentrated tart finish

crystalline and concentrated tart finish

with notes of red apple

1% Carmenère

The 1996 Dom Ruinart is beginning to enter the second stage of its life post-release

This is a serious wine

2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, St Julien, Bordeaux Size:75cl crystalline and concentrated tart finishTasting at Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou is a surreal experience. To say that the Borie family have an unusual taste in modern art is an understatement but once you get past the flamboyant bright orange yellow dcor and copper filigree sliding doors of the tasting tunnel, the 2008 wine was by far the finest Ducru we had ever tasted. Bruno Borie attributes the triumph of 2008 to his 45 strong team who had worked together meticulously to create this enormously