Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Saint-Julien (Grand Cru Classé) 2006 (750ml)

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Producer	Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Saint-Julien
Varietal	Merlot,  Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2006
Sku	111579
Size	750ml
ABV	13.00%

 

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 95 points Decanter

This is not quite as silky smooth and rich as the 2005 and yet it's full of promise. It feels young, with tannins that are still pulsating around the dark berry fruits, joined by eucalyptus and cigar box notes through the finish. With clear depth of flavor, it's a classically framed St Julien, full of dark cheer, a winter wine for nights by the fire with good food and good friends. (JA) (9/2019)
95 points James Suckling

Subtle aromas of currants, blueberries and minerals. Full body with super-integrated tannins and a fine, fine finish. I love the texture to this wine, and it’s just starting to show you the true quality it has. One of the top wines of this vintage. (7/2013)
95 points Wine Spectator

Very perfumed and beautiful, showing blackberry and raspberry aromas, with hints of vanilla. Deep and complex. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a long, powerful finish. Excellent for the vintage. *Top 100 Wines of 2009, Collectible* (JS) (3/2009)
94 points John Gilman

The 2006 vintage in Bordeaux will ever have to live in the long shadow of the superb 2005s, but I like this vintage very much and feel it has a long and promising future ahead of it. The 2006 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a superb example of just how good this year is on the Gironde, as it offers up a youthful and beautifully precise bouquet of sweet dark berries, cassis, cigar smoke, that signature base of gravel, a touch of tobacco leaf and a suave foundation of nutty new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and impeccably balanced, with a superb core of black fruit, lovely soil signature and a long, ripely tannic and focused finish that will be superbly complex in due course. A first rate vintage at Ducru. (9/2020)
94 points Wine Advocate

Deep garnet in color, the 2006 Ducru-Beaucaillou delivers expressive Black Forest cake, blackcurrant cordial and chocolate box scents with touches of fertile loam, espresso, Marmite toast and black olives. Medium-bodied, the palate is elegantly played with vibrant fruit expression and a firm, grainy texture, finishing with a lively lift. (LPB) (8/2020)
94 points Wine Enthusiast

This is that rare Bordeaux Cabernet that comes close in style to a Napa Cabernet. The character comes from the mint aromas and medicinal edge, formed from new wood aging. At this stage in its development, the wine is powerful, but closed and tight. However, it is possible to taste the ripe perfumes and the black cherry juice flavors that come through the vanilla. (RV) (3/2009)
93 points Jeb Dunnuck

The 2006 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a rich, masculine styled effort that’s just now at the early stages of its drink window. Classic Cabernet notes of blackcurrants, toasty oak, graphite, truffle, and a touch of cedarwood all emerge from the glass, and it’s rich, medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and structured. It takes a solid hour in a decanter to open up, has lots of sweet tannins, beautiful balance, and a great finish. (2/2020)
93 points Int'l Wine Cellar

Bright red-ruby. Deep, vibrant aromas of currant, sour cherry, graphite, cedar and licorice. Sappy, suave and energetic, with terrific verve and framing acidity to the tightly wound flavors of dark cherry, currant, spices and minerals. Wonderfully primary and penetrating Saint-Julien, almost painfully intense yet weightless. Finishes very long and fine, with terrific definition. An infant today, with a long life ahead of it. (ST) 93+ (6/2009)
92 points Wine & Spirits

Vibrant currant and raspberry flavors lend sunniness to the heavier, deeply mineral tannic component in this wine. Complex spice hovers in between, with scents of sassafras relieving some of the gravity and weight. The texture is silken, and the wine feels composed. (12/2009)