Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 1999 1.5L Red Blend Editor's Choice

Editor's Choice

juicy blackberry fruits and dense

with a yellow hue and golden highlights

Kate Arnold sources fruit from Four Feathers

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 1999 1.5L Red Blend Editor's ChoiceMedium brick colored, the 1999 Ducru Beaucaillou needs a little swirling to release the tightly coiled notions of dried cherries, fruitcake and red currant jelly with emerging hints of balsamic, mincemeat pie, menthol, powdered chocolate and star anise. The medium to full bodied palate is wonderfully expressive with seamless freshness lightly lifting a great core of youthful red and black fruits plus fine grained tannins to support, finishing with