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Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou- Angry Wine Merchant
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou- Angry Wine Merchant

1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou

Cabernet Sauvignon

France / Bordeaux / Medoc  / Saint-Julien

$375
RP 91
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1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France.

Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou owes its name to its "beautiful pebbles" ("beaux Cailloux", in French) that geologists refer to less romantically as Gunzian gravel. These quartz 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.  

1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou is a world-renowned Bordeaux wine distinguished by its full body, supple tannins, and flavors of dark berries, plums, and cocoa. Its complexity and opulence are a testament to the great quality of Bordeaux's vintage year.

RP 91

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Harvest took place this year from 23rd September to 8th October. The wine was aged for around 12 months in two-thirds new oak. Medium brick-brown in color, the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou is quite evolved, offering notions of incense, tree bark, tilled soil and tobacco with nuances of preserved plums, kirsch, tapenade and leather. Medium to full-bodied, the palate still possesses a good amount of earth-laced savory fruit with a bit of chew to the texture and a stewed tea finish. Readers should note that this vintage fell within a notoriously patchy period at Ducru, where the cellar is likely to have fallen victim to TCA or a TCA-like taint, and it appears some bottles were impacted from 1986 to 1994. By 1995, the chateau had a completely new vat room/cellar and the problem ceased. Therefore, there could be some bottle variation to be had with this vintage. This bottle, however, was pristine, tasted at the chateau. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: August 2020. Drinking window: 2020 - 2028.

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RP 91

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Harvest took place this year from 23rd September to 8th October. The wine was aged for around 12 months in two-thirds new oak. Medium brick-brown in color, the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou is quite evolved, offering notions of incense, tree bark, tilled soil and tobacco with nuances of preserved plums, kirsch, tapenade and leather. Medium to full-bodied, the palate still possesses a good amount of earth-laced savory fruit with a bit of chew to the texture and a stewed tea finish. Readers should note that this vintage fell within a notoriously patchy period at Ducru, where the cellar is likely to have fallen victim to TCA or a TCA-like taint, and it appears some bottles were impacted from 1986 to 1994. By 1995, the chateau had a completely new vat room/cellar and the problem ceased. Therefore, there could be some bottle variation to be had with this vintage. This bottle, however, was pristine, tasted at the chateau. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: August 2020. Drinking window: 2020 - 2028.

1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France.

Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou owes its name to its "beautiful pebbles" ("beaux Cailloux", in French) that geologists refer to less romantically as Gunzian gravel. These quartz 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.  

1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou is a world-renowned Bordeaux wine distinguished by its full body, supple tannins, and flavors of dark berries, plums, and cocoa. Its complexity and opulence are a testament to the great quality of Bordeaux's vintage year.

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