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La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou 2024 Cru Classé, St-Julien AC, MC (lieferbar Mitte 2027)

Zusatzbezeichnung 2e vin du Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou
Land: Frankreich
Region: Bordeaux
Produzent/Appellation: St-Julien
Weintyp: Rotweine
Jahrgang: 2024
Inhalt: 75 cl
Bio/Biodynamisch: Nein

90-92

Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2024 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou is an absolute delight. Pliant and supple, with gorgeous mid-palate creaminess, the 2024 is accessible right out of the gate. Black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather and spice all flesh out in the glass. Soft, succulent contours wrap it all together. There's terrific depth here, and plenty of substance too. This Merlot-based Saint-Julien offers tons of forward appeal. 04/2025


91-93

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2024 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou matured in two-thirds new oak this year, the usual percentage. It has a precise bouquet with blackberry, wild strawberry and background slate-like aromas. This is finely focused, though more understated than recent vintages. The palate is medium-bodied and quite peppery, with grainy tannins, gentle grip and a slightly stony finish. This is a more linear and classically styled Deuxième Vin that will deserve two or three years in bottle. 04/2025


87-89

Yohan Castaing

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

With a delicate, gently spicy bouquet of cassis, cassis blossoms and raspberries, the 2024 La Croix de Beaucaillou offers a moderately weighted palate built around firm, structuring tannins and a vibrant core of fruit with a lively, energetic mid-palate that reflects the early-picked Merlot, lending freshness and lift to this well-defined, elegant cuvée. 04/2025


90-92

Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

There's no Petit Ducru in the vintage, and the 2024 La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou is based on 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Offering cassis, graphite, violets, and spicy oak, it's medium-bodied and beautifully layered, with a pure, seamless mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and solid depth through the mid-palate. It's a seriously impressive second wine in the vintage. 05/2025


93-94

Zekun Shuai

James Suckling

Very pure and minerally, with good depth of fruit, fresh dark cherries and berries. Almost full-bodied, with lots of fine-grained tannins that get chalky. Structured and quite long. A good, dense expression from the vintage. 65% merlot, 32% cabernet sauvignon and 3% petit verdot. 04/2025