2024 Madame de Beaucaillou
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The 2024 Madame De Beaucaillou is based on two-thirds Merlot and one-third Cabernet Sauvignon (with a splash of Petit Verdot). It has a juicy, medium-bodied, elegant profile that does well in the vintage, with bright black cherry and cassis fruit, hints of tobacco and violet, supple tannins, and a good finish.
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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Notes of raspberries and strawberries mingled with spices preface the 2024 Madame de Beaucaillou, a moderately weighted, round and supple wine with elegant tannins and a light core of fruit that leads to a fruity finish.
Beautiful clarity of fruit, delivering lean but vivid cherry and spiced savoury plum, with tannins that are present but not overly tight. Harvested around 35hl/h yield, then ended up in the bottle at 20-25hl/h yield, giving you some idea of the sorting needed to tease out the best wines of the vintage. Increased footprint of vines, with 20ha added from the purchase of Chateau Doroux, in Cussac Fort Médoc, but still the final amount saw around 50% of the usual production. 11% press wine. 3.6 pH. harvest 22 September to 10 October, 20% new oak.
The 2024 Madame de Beaucaillou is an attractive, aromatic Haut-Médoc from Bruno Borie. Dried herbs, mint and flowers meld into a core of bright red/purplish-toned fruit. The 2024 Madame is a very pretty wine with lovely forward fruit and ample depth for the year. This is a gorgeous offering that should come with an equally attractive price tag.
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.