1975 Ducru Beaucaillou
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Tasting notes
A deep garnet core with very little aging on the rim. The nose is quite simple: cedar and a little tobacco. Not much here. But the palate is much better: very good concentration, very cohesive and harmonious with good acidity. This reminds me of the 1970 (though without the finesse.) A charming cedar, earthy mid-palate with the tannins seeming to have just softened. Perhaps it is only just becoming ready to drink? May 2003, www.robertparker.com
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Neal Martin
Robert Parker
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I have never been a fan of this wine. I lost confidence in it when it was around ten years of age because of its hard, angular, austere, tannic style. In the most recent tasting, the wine exhibited more ripe fruit than I had previously noticed. There is still plenty of astringent, aggressive tannin, but the balance is better, and the wine reveals a complex, earthy, cedar, curranty nose with dried fruit and herb components, full body, and a classic, old style personality. It displays more finesse and character than it did at a younger age. Like many 1975s, it will keep for 20+ years ... but will the fruit hold up? Feb 1996, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Second Growth estate Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou in Saint-Julien is one of the Super Seconds, an elite group of properties producing wines that regularly compete with the finest in the Médoc.