Le Petit Ducru 2023
St-Julien
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£123.00
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Arriving: Spring 2026
| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.0% | Closure: |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
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Critic scores
90-92 NM, 89-91 AG, 92-93 JS, 90 JA
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou has a seductive bouquet with pure red fruit, incense and light cedar scents, just a slight minty element emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit and fine structure. There’s a dash of black pepper and more fruit concentration on the finish than the Madame de Beaucaillou. Very promising."
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou is packed with blackberry, chocolate, licorice, cloves and menthol. A wine of substance and textural richness, Le Petit Ducru shows the more opulent side of a year marked with late-season heat, also revealing some stylistic choices by way of its bombastic personality. This Saint-Julien is certainly not shy."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The density here is very pretty with blackcurrant and lead pencil. Graphite, too. Medium-bodied, balanced and savory. Fine and perfumed. Solid finish. 72% merlot, 24% cabernet sauvignon and 4% petit verdot."
James Suckling, April 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"Plush and fragrant opening to Le Petit Ducru in this vintage, the deep black pepper, capsicum and turmeric spice that is a signature of the vintage, with gorgeous fresh slate and graphite set against cassis fruits. 30% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, April 2024, JaneAnson.com
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou is packed with blackberry, chocolate, licorice, cloves and menthol. A wine of substance and textural richness, Le Petit Ducru shows the more opulent side of a year marked with late-season heat, also revealing some stylistic choices by way of its bombastic personality. This Saint-Julien is certainly not shy."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The density here is very pretty with blackcurrant and lead pencil. Graphite, too. Medium-bodied, balanced and savory. Fine and perfumed. Solid finish. 72% merlot, 24% cabernet sauvignon and 4% petit verdot."
James Suckling, April 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"Plush and fragrant opening to Le Petit Ducru in this vintage, the deep black pepper, capsicum and turmeric spice that is a signature of the vintage, with gorgeous fresh slate and graphite set against cassis fruits. 30% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, April 2024, JaneAnson.com
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