2012 Branaire Ducru
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Tasting notes
Branaire is always one of the more aromatic St Juliens and this year is no exception. This is fresh and quite pretty on the nose with soft, quite sweet berry fruit. Quite silky in texture with well integrated oak. FINE+RARE
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Robert Parker
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Deep ruby/purple, with sweet cranberry, mulberry and raspberry/blueberry fruit, this is always a distinctive St.-Julien and the 2012 has managed to avoid any of the hollowness or harsh tannins that can afflict some of the Medocs. It is elegant, well-made and an outstanding effort in this vintage. Drink it over the next 15 or more years. Apr 2015, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
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.