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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 97-99/100 · Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026

Deep purple-hued and completely opaque, the blockbuster 2025 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou checks in as 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot, all resting in 100% new barrels. The nose is rich and concentrated, with pure crème de cassis, graphite, ripe black cherries, spicy wood, and freshly sharpened pencil-driven aromatics. On the palate, it's full-bodied, with a dense, concentrated mid-palate, ripe, building tannins, and a great finish. It checks in at 13.44% alcohol with a pH of 3.8. This structured, pure, and incredibly precise Ducru reminds me slightly of the 2010, with perhaps a touch more finesse.

Critic scores

Critic scores
98
98/100

Average Score

98
98/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

97
97/100

Jane Anson, Decanter

More reviews and scores

97.5 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 97.5/100 · Drink 2035-2065, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Apr 2026

The 2025 Ducru-Beaucaillou is fabulous. Vibrant red/purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender, mint and blood orange are all beautifully sculpted. The purity of the fruit is just remarkable. New oak is 100%, but lower toast levels and a more dialed-in approach here are palpable. Gorgeous floral and savory Cabernet top notes lift the finish. Superb, and one of the highlights of the year, Ducru is absolutely stunning in 2025.

97 points
Jane Anson, Decanter
Score 97/100 · Jane Anson, Decanter, Apr 2026

Stunning, nuanced, and just full of joy. Reserved flesh, toasted cumin, fresh blueberries and raspberries with rich seams of cassis, fresh pomegranate, and cappuccino, this is very Ducru in its width and breadth, but with a freshness and lift that is very much of the 2025 vintage. Almost certainly this will close down for a number of years, but all is well controlled, with quiet confidence. A wine you will be happy to spend a lot of time with. 3.74 pH. Harvest September 2 to 23, 100% new oak. Bruno Borie owner. 2036-2055.

About the producer

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - producer
Ducru Beaucaillou

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.

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Product details

Grape Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Classification

Deuxième Grand Cru Classé

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