2019 Le Petit Ducru, 12x750ml
St Julien
FKA Lalande Borie
ETA September 2024
FKA Lalande Borie
ETA September 2024
Availability: Pre-Shipment
Case size: 12 / Bottle size: 750ml
Duty Status
From £230.00
Critics Score: 92
Publication: Neal Martin, Vinous
Drinking Dates: 2024-2038
The 2019 Le Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou comes from 25 hectares on the western part of the appellation (10 hectares currently being re-planted) with declassified La Croix and Ducru Beaucaillou. It has a very focused bouquet of black fruit infused with graphite/pencil lead scents, a touch of brine emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a smooth texture that belies a firm backbone. Quite stern at the moment - maybe it's just closed up as the winter descends - but I admire its marine-tinged finish. Very fine.