smoky notes
pre-fermentation maceration
and though this may become attractive to drink relatively soon
The wine appears brilliantly golden in the glass with an intense and nuanced aroma of ripe apricot
the wine appears deep ruby red with an emerging mature rim
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2emé Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, 2009, 75cl Efterårssmagning smoky notesFrom my cellar, the 1982 Ducru Beaucaillou is one of the most youthful of the Mdoc crus classs today. Unwinding in the decanter and glass with a rich bouquet of blackcurrants, licorice, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, it's full bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a broad attack that segues into a deep core of fruit framed by ripe, powdery tannins and succulent acids. It's an unusually big boned rendition of this elegantly styled wine, but it's no less