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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2012
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
A magnificent property overlooking the Garonne from the heights of the Saint-Julien appellation, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou enjoys a reputation that is no longer to be proven.
The history of Château Beaucaillou dates back to the 13th century, but it was not until 1795 that it began to make a name for itself, when it was acquired by Bertrand Ducru, who added his name to it.
The pinnacle was reached when it was crowned Second Grand Cru Classé in 1855, during the famous classification of Médoc wines. The Victorian-style building of Château as we know it today was completed at the end of the 19th century, under the aegis of its then owner Nathaniel Johnston, a merchant from Bordeaux. Since 1941, it has belonged to the Borie family, Bruno-Eugène Borie being today the third generation to raise it ever higher in excellence.
The 75-hectare vineyard is planted on an exceptional terroir, the soils being composed of gravel close to the Gironde estuary, which allows the vines to be protected from frost thanks to thermal regulation. This terroir is ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon, 70% of which is planted at optimum ripeness, and Merlot, 30%. The wines are aged for 18 months in oak barrels, 60% of which are new.
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For 300 years, six families have nurtured an indissoluble bond with Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. Forever captives of this prestigious Domaine, the Desjean, Bergeron, Ducru, Johnston, Desbarats, Borie. His own people have Rare measured their praise to him. Over the decades, this devotion has denied the accidental and the transitory, as if passion were completing nature's work.
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou owes its name to these "beautiful pebbles", known as Gunzian gravel, quartz pebbles carried by the primitive Gironde at the beginning of the ancient Quaternary, probably nearly two million years ago. Just follow your footsteps through the vineyards and you'll find an abundant lithological harvest. Pyrenean Lydian, flint, quartz, agatoid... These Günzian gravels have produced meagre soils, whose agrological poverty guarantees the qualitative excellence of the wines. A natural choice.