60年以上に渡りボリー家が所有する格付け2級シャトー。
ボーカイユ(美しい小石)が指し示すように所有する75haの畑の表面にはガロンヌ河が運んだ小石が散在。2週間の発酵、醸し、新樽比率50-80%で18ヶ月間熟成。
穏やかで堂々とした風格を漂わせるその品質は、五大シャトーに迫ると評判です。

60年以上に渡りボリー家が所有する格付け2級シャトー。
ボーカイユ(美しい小石)が指し示すように所有する畑の表面にはガロンヌ河が運んだ小石が散在。
カカオやチョコレート、バラなどの凝縮された複雑味ある香り。穏やかで繊細さを持ち、かつ堂々とした風格を漂わせるそのワインの品質は、五大シャトーに迫ると評されます。
※輸入元はファインズです。

1975 Ducru-Beaucaillou
Rating 87 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1996 - 2016
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 23rd Feb 1996
Source 103, The Wine Advocate
I have never been a fan of this wine. I lost confidence in it when it was around ten years of age because of its hard, angular, austere, tannic style. In the most recent tasting, the wine exhibited more ripe fruit than I had previously noticed. There is still plenty of astringent, aggressive tannin, but the balance is better, and the wine reveals a complex, earthy, cedar, curranty nose with dried fruit and herb components, full body, and a classic, old style personality. It displays more finesse and character than it did at a younger age. Like many 1975s, it will keep for 20+ years ... but will the fruit hold up?

ファインズからプリムールでオーダーしておいたボーカイユが入荷してまいりました。
当初ワインアドヴォケイト誌では97-100pの評価でしたが、テイスターが変わると96+pです。
でもどちらにしても素晴らしい評価であることには変わりません。

2019 Ducru-Beaucaillou
Reviewed by William Kelley
Issue Date 8th Apr 2022
Source April 2022 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
Rating 96+ points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2029 - 2065
Powerful and muscular, the 2019 Ducru-Beaucaillou offers up aromas of cassis, raspberries and cherries mingled with notions of violets and iris, framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's rich but lively, with a deep core of fruit and an ample endowment of ripe, powdery tannins. Fuller maturity and a more rigorous selection over the last two decades have brought what proprietor Bruno Borie characterizes as additional "punch" to this wine, in the form of unprecedented levels of anthocyanins and tannins, but all that substance and structure will require some patience before we'll see if Ducru is still Saint-Julien's most elegant wine.　

2019 Ducru-Beaucaillou
Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date 18th Jun 2020
Source June 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
Rating 97 - 100 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date NA
This year the blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot. The alcohol weighed in at 14.2%, while the pH is 3.8 and the IPT is 88. It will mature for 18 months in French oak barrels, 100% new. Opaque purple-black in color, the 2019 Ducru-Beaucaillou explodes from the glass with bombastic notes of crème de cassis, blueberry pie and plum preserves plus hints of candied violets, dark chocolate, licorice, wild fungi, crushed rocks and tilled soil with a touch of mossy bark. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is a tightly wound coil poised to spring out with layer upon layer of minerals, rich black fruits and floral notes, framed by very firm, exquisitely ripe tannins and electric freshness, finishing long and incredibly layered. WOW!

輸入元は　ファインズです。セールで、とてもお値打ちになりました。

2013 Ducru-Beaucaillou
The Wine Advocate
RP 91
Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Release Price: NA
Drink Date: 2020 - 2035 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
Medium to deep garnet in color, the 2013 Ducru-Beaucaillou has an open-knit nose of warm cassis, raspberry coulis and baked cherries with touches of cigar box, dried herbs, underbrush and pencil shavings plus a hint of smoked meats. Medium-bodied, the palate has a firm, chewy texture and lovely freshness defining the red and black fruited flavors, finishing pleasantly grippy.

Published: Aug 14, 2020

ワインアドヴォケイト誌で3回評価されております。
2015年4月　94-96p、2017年4月　96p、そして2020年8月が95p　
どれも素晴らしい評価ばかりです。
すでに飲み頃を迎えた偉大な第2級格付けシャトーです。
状態はGoodです！
2014 Ducru-Beaucaillou
Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date 14th Aug 2020
Source August 2020 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
Rating 95 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2020 - 2044　⇒飲み頃に入っています
Very deep garnet in color, the 2014 Ducru-Beaucaillou springs from the glass, offering vibrant notions of fresh black currants, black cherries and black raspberries with touches of spice box, licorice and fragrant soil plus a waft of lavender. Medium-bodied, the palate bursts with lively, crunchy black fruits, supported by ripe, grainy tannins and finishing on a lingering spicy note.