| Winery |
La Croix de Beaucaillou 2015 (2nd Wine of Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou) |
| Vintage |
2015 |
| Region |
Bordeaux |
| Grape |
Cabernet Sauvignon & Blends |
| Style |
Red Wine |
| Sweetness |
Dry |
| Body |
Full |
| Tasting note |
Velvet tannins are allied with powerful fruit to create a rich wine with signs of the wood aging that smooth it further. It will be a generous wine that will keep its fine fruitiness for many years. By Wine Enthusiast, Apr 2016.
Dark berries, iron and hints of rust with some iodine. Full-bodied, round and juicy with a solid backbone of tannins and focus. This second wine of Ducru-Beaucaillou. Polished. Drink in 2021. By James Suckling, Feb 2018.
The 2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou has a very composed bouquet that captures the fruité of the vintage, almost lush, pure black cherries intermingling with cranberry and blueberry. There is a patina of new oak to be subsumed so it will certainly deserve three or four years in bottle. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin on the entry, cloaked by layers of slightly toasty black fruit laced with cedar, white pepper and a touch of Lapsang Souchong. This is very harmonious with great depth while maintaining superb precision on the finish. What a superb deuxième vin. Anticipated maturity: 2021 - 2040. By Neal Martin, Mar 2018. |
| Rating |
WE93-95 / JS93 / NM92 |
| ABV |
13.5% |
| Size |
750ml |
