Another beautiful '96 with a bit more heft than the Pichon but not as refined. What was interesting was how clear the difference was between Pauillac and St. Julien with the Ducru showing more on the red fruit spectrum with a fabulous spicy complexity on the finish. As David said correctly, it did begin to fade in the glass while the Pichon held up better so drink this with a short decant. 95
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A concetrated and deep nose of wet soil, cassia, black fruit, leather, and fresh tobacco. Med+ body, med+ acid, med+ tannin. This is drinking great. Plenty of fruit on the palate and a nice fresh acidity to balance it off. Tannins are grippy. This is in a nice spot. Not sure how much upside there is to holding but suggest trying again in the next year or two.
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Lovely bottle. Aging gracefully with plenty of time to age and drink even more beautifully over time. Have one more bottle that I’ll tuck away for 10 years or so.
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(Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou) I've had this before and it has been spectacular but this was a strange bottle. Nose came roaring out of the gate with ripe fruits and some lead pencil, smoke, tar . . then then this stank of almost bacteria took over after 1.5 hours and rendered the wine nasty to the nose and stripped the wine of it's fruit. The first hour this wine was going good with a deep well-structured palate and sweet fruit and then it just dived off a cliff and became nasty. Strange experience.
(Château Ducru-Beaucaillou) Cassis and berry nose; rich cassis and lead pencil flavors; long finish 93+ pts. (double decanted 12 hours earlier)
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4/26/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
Another beautiful '96 with a bit more heft than the Pichon but not as refined. What was interesting was how clear the difference was between Pauillac and St. Julien with the Ducru showing more on the red fruit spectrum with a fabulous spicy complexity on the finish. As David said correctly, it did begin to fade in the glass while the Pichon held up better so drink this with a short decant. 95
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4/19/2024 - _water.into.wine_ wrote:
Excellent condition. Spicy nose. Medium to full bodied. Drinking beautifully. From Julian
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3/2/2024 - Yffudp Likes this wine: 95 Points
Same notes as last year’s bottle
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2/25/2024 - ONEFIVE Likes this wine:
A concetrated and deep nose of wet soil, cassia, black fruit, leather, and fresh tobacco.
Med+ body, med+ acid, med+ tannin.
This is drinking great. Plenty of fruit on the palate and a nice fresh acidity to balance it off. Tannins are grippy. This is in a nice spot. Not sure how much upside there is to holding but suggest trying again in the next year or two.
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2/24/2024 - VINNICK Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely bottle. Aging gracefully with plenty of time to age and drink even more beautifully over time. Have one more bottle that I’ll tuck away for 10 years or so.
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