2022 La Croix de Beaucaillou

2022 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 'La Croix de Beaucaillou', Saint-Julien, France

Alcohol ABV: 14%
Sweetness: Dry
Blend: 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 66% Merlot & 2% Petit Verdot

La Croix de Beaucaillou
Maturation: Oaked
Oak Type: French
Closure Type: Cork

Ageing
It is carefully aged for 12 months in barrels of which two-thirds are new each vintage.

The wines of La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou come from the vineyard of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. This exceptional Médoc cru is spread between the river to the east and the center and west of the AOC Saint-Julien area. The estate owes its name to its "beautiful pebbles" which, due to their preponderance of quartz, give lean soils.

It is precisely this “agrological” poverty, as Professor René Pijassou wrote, that gives them great value for wine production. To the east, the plots occupy the Médoc hilltops just above the estuary, while those in the epicenter benefit from a microclimate created by the small stream of La Mouline which crosses the appellation in the middle, from the west. east, to flow into the Gironde.

La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou is an original expression of the terroirs of Ducru-Beaucaillou. A one-of-a-kind cuvée. The elitist procedures of Ducru-Beaucaillou are at work here. The same passion too, that of a team dedicated to excellence.

A high-end cuvée that perfectly reveals its exceptional terroir. This predominantly Cabernet-Sauvignon blended wine (around 60% each year) is embellished with black Merlot (35% to 37%) as well as a gently spicy touch of Petit Verdot (3% to 5%).

Powerful, silky, very aromatic, La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou seduces with its nose, its balance, its remarkable finesse and its persistence. A great cuvée that awakens, charms, introduces to the Borie label.

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