Buying options

Tasting Notes

Tasting notes
Score 91/100 · Robert Parker

A stunning success for the vintage, this enticing St.-Julien reveals notes of lead pencil shavings, sweet raspberries and black currants and a subtle touch of oak. Elegant, restrained yet authoritative and impressively intense, it is a medium to full-bodied, lightly tannic effort will be even better with 1-2 years of bottle age and will keep for 15-20 years. May 2011, www.robertparker.com

Critic Scores

Critic scores
90
90/100

Average Score

91
91/100

Robert Parker

16
16/20

Jancis Robinson MW

More reviews and scores

16 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 16/20 · Jancis Robinson MW

Quite brutal and vegetal on the nose. Great density and extreme youth. Just a hint of oak. Thick and pretty earthbound at the moment with marked acidity.www.jancisrobinson.com, 04 May 2009

88 - 91 points
Wine Spectator
Score 88-91/100 · Wine Spectator

Currants and blackberries, with hints of black licorice. Medium- to full-bodied, with firm tannins and lots of pretty fruit. Love the nose. Tight and structured, but refined. Score range: 88-91. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 2009.

Related articles

About the producer

Château Branaire-Ducru - producer
Branaire Ducru

This Fourth Growth estate, just a stone’s throw from the wide expanse of the Gironde estuary, has been revitalised under the stewardship of former banker and businessman Patrick Maroteaux, who purchased the property in 1988.

View Producer

Product details

Category

Wine

Product Type

Still wine