1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien

Description

1990 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Julien

Spectacular nose, hard to stop sniffing this. Great acidity and freshness. The structure is still very much intact. Beautiful dark fruit. Gained more and more complex as it opened up.

Critical Acclaim

91 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Harvest took place this year from 23rd September to 8th October. The wine was aged for around 12 months in two-thirds new oak. Medium brick-brown in color, the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou is quite evolved, offering notions of incense, tree bark, tilled soil and tobacco with nuances of preserved plums, kirsch, tapenade and leather. Medium to full-bodied, the palate still possesses a good amount of earth-laced savory fruit with a bit of chew to the texture and a stewed tea finish.