1995 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2nd Growth St. Julien (12 x Bottle)
Drink now until 2025.
1995 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2nd Growth St. Julien (12 x Bottle)
Drink now until 2025.
| Producer | Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou |
|---|---|
| Sub-Region | St. Julien |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Country | France |
| Grape Variety | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 1995 |
| Colour | Red |
| ABV | 12.50% |
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Robert Parker Wine Advocate
This wine is of first-growth quality, not only from an intellectual perspective, but in its hedonistic characteristics. More open-knit and accessible than the extraordinary 1996, Ducru’s 1995 exhibits a saturated ruby/purple color, followed by a knock-out nose of blueberry and black raspberry/cassis fruit intertwined with minerals, flowers, and subtle toasty new oak. Like its younger sibling, the wine possesses a sweet, rich mid-palate (from extract and ripeness, not sugar), layers of flavor, good delineation and grip, but generally unobtrusive tannin and acidity. It is a classic, compelling example of Ducru-Beaucaillou that should not be missed. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2025.
94 Points / Drinking 2003 - 2025
By Robert M. Parker, Jr. / February 1998
Vinous
The 1995 Ducru-Beaucaillou, matured in two-thirds new oak, has a very refined bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, rose petal and cedar aromas, very focused and sophisticated. The palate is well balanced with sour red cherries, balsamic and cedar notes, vibrant and full of energy, though you might well argue it doesn’t quite have the panache and complexity of ensuing vintages on the finish. But it is certainly ageing well and is drinking perfectly now. Tasted at the Ducru Beaucaillou vertical at the château.
95 Points / Drinking 2021 - 2040
By Neal Martin / July 2022
Vinous
Deep, saturated color. Knockout nose combines pungent raspberry and cassis, minerals, iodine and a hint of fresh blood; some sexy high tones give this great appeal. Rich and thick in the mouth, but fresh and delineated, with lovely sweetness and superb flavor intensity. A faint sweaty/iron character and some tangy black cherry and boysenberry give the wine great inner-mouth aromatics. Here’s a 1995 St. Julien that really coats the mouth and stains the palate. Beguiling and compelling wine.
91-94 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / May 1996
Vinous
Bright red-ruby color. Knockout aromas of cassis, licorice, minerals, lead pencil and roast coffee. Penetrating, vibrant and very intensely flavored; in the classic drier Ducru style, but with superb, palate-staining fruit and brilliant delineation. Very long and very complex on the back end. Really classic claret.
93 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / May 1998
Vinous
Bright dark ruby. Knockout perfumed nose of great purity: cassis, violet, minerals and bitter chocolate. A penetrating wine of outstanding vinosity and verve; offers great tensile strength. Youthfully tight, classic claret whose extremely long finish features very fine tannins. I’m not convinced Ducru has made a wine in recent vintages to equal its ’95 and ’96 releases. Drink 2005 through 2025.
94+ Points
By Stephen Tanzer / July 2002