Le Petit Ducru 2023
St-Julien
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£123.00
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Arriving: Spring 2026
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
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Critic scores
90-92 NM, 93 AG, 93 JS
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Alter Ego, bottled late July, takes a few swirls of the glass to cohere, but offers quite enticing scents of blueberry, violet, blood orange and vanilla. Very fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet black cherries and blackcurrant laced with black pepper. Gentle grip with just a touch of bitterness that lends tension. This sample was decanted, which I feel benefited its showing."
Neal Martin, February 2128, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou has come together so well with élevage. Dark-fleshed fruit, leather, gravel, incense, scorched earth and licorice convey a palpable feeling of gravitas. Today, the Petit Ducru is rather dark and almost somber in bearing."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"Cedar, black currants, elderberries and touches of mint, eucalyptus and bark create a focused, expressive nose. The palate is medium- to full-bodied, tight and precise, with evenly distributed dark fruit framed by fine, defined tannins that add focus and tension in the finish. Better from 2028."
James Suckling, January 2026, 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, February 2128, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou has come together so well with élevage. Dark-fleshed fruit, leather, gravel, incense, scorched earth and licorice convey a palpable feeling of gravitas. Today, the Petit Ducru is rather dark and almost somber in bearing."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"Cedar, black currants, elderberries and touches of mint, eucalyptus and bark create a focused, expressive nose. The palate is medium- to full-bodied, tight and precise, with evenly distributed dark fruit framed by fine, defined tannins that add focus and tension in the finish. Better from 2028."
James Suckling, January 2026, 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