Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus (Second Growths) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
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[edit] History
The estate Château Ducru-Beaucaillou was purchased by Francois Borie in 1941 and has remained in the family since along with the family's other estates Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Château Haut-Batailley. In the mid 1980's the estate battled an infestation of TCA in their cellars that marred several vintages including the 1988, 1989, and 1990. The Chateau has since corrected the problem, and today the wines are fermented and aged in a new underground cellar created in the late 1990s. Today the estate is managed by Bruno Borie.
[edit] Vineyard
Ducru-Beaucaillou's vineyards consist of 50 hectares of well drained gravel with stones up to 2.5 inches in diameter. (Beaucaillou means beautiful stones.) The vineyards are planted in Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (5%), and Petit Verdot (5%). The vines average age in 2005 was 38 years.
[edit] The Wine
Ducru-Beaucaillou produces two wines. The grand vin called Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, and a second wine produced since 1995 into which lesser quality lots are delegated, La Croix de Beaucaillou. The wines are aged for 18-20 months in 50% to 65% new oak barrels, fined with egg whites, lightly filtered, and then bottled.
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[edit] External links
http://www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com Château website
