Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 2020 Domaine Barraud wet riverstone and white flowers

wet riverstone and white flowers invite the nose into this bottling from a vineyard that surrounds this winery

blueberries and violets with some crushed-raspberry aromas follow through to a full body with wonderfully crafted and pure tannins that intertwine wonderfully with the blue fruit and blackberries

aged in 100% new French oak

associated with a beautiful acidity

marzipan dried flowers

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 2020 Domaine Barraud wet riverstone and white flowersAnother legendary Ducru Beaucaillou in the making, the 2020 Chteau Ducru Beaucaillou hasn't budged since release. Full bodied, concentrated, and layered, it has incredible purity in its cassis and darker, almost blue fruits, some classic yet primary tobacco, graphite, and mineral notes, a dense mid palate, and awesome length on the finish. It's very much in the style of the 2010 and deserves at least a decade of bottle age. I won't be around to taste