Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien 2ème cru classé 2008 70 cl

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien 2ème cru classé 2008 70 clConsidered a star of the vintage, and highly praised in subsequent tastings, this is a plush, complex wine with fresh, ripe, opulent fruit, delicious, lengthy weight and intensity, and supple tannins that shape a long finish. You could drink it now as an indulgent match for a special meal, or in all probability cellar it until the 2030s.

it's very expensive—but this is a fine and a rare thing from a a prestigious winery

Lively tawny colour

bay and smoldering charcoal

This concentration is matched by complex aromas suggestive of violets and coffee as well as generous berry fruit

and can carry on through to fresh fruit desserts and the cheese plate too

aromatic flavours of cherries and red berries

Firm yet creamy

34% Merlot and the balance Petit Verdot

Muscadet Vieilles Vignes

offering plums

TerroirSense ‘Again

cellar and château itself were rewarded in 2006 with the elevation of Troplong Mondot to 1er Grand cru classé status