2022 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou La Croix de Beaucaillou

The wines of La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou come from the vineyard of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. This exceptional terroir of the Médoc is located between the Gironde river in the east, the centre and the west of the Saint-Julien appellation. The estate owes its name to its "beautiful pebbles" ("beaux cailloux", in French) which, due to their high quartz content, create soils that are poor in plant nutrients. It is precisely this "agrological" scarcity, as the late professor and geographer from Bordeaux, René Pijassou, described it, that makes them so suitable for the production of good wine. In the east, the plots are planted along the rolling Médoc ridges, just above the estuary, while those in the epicentre benefit from a microclimate fed by the small stream of La Mouline that meanders through the centre of the appellation from west to east before disappearing into the Gironde.

The La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou 2022 is the 2nd wine of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. It consists of 66% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot. The grapes were picked from September 7 to October 4. The wet winter of this vintage ensured that the soil was nourished again. In April, more rain fell than expected, which ensured that the absorption of the nutrients was optimal. The temperatures in May were above average, which gave an early and rapid flowering and grape growth. The wine was allowed to mature for 12 months in French oak barrels. A compact nose followed by cherries, blueberries, cloves and vanilla. In the mouth it opens slowly with fine tannins and ripe rich fruit. Yet nice and fresh with some herbs and a long aftertaste. More accessible in the young years than the Grand Vin but also available for aging.

FACT: Under the tab: Attachment you will find the official factsheet and we will send it to you digitally when you order this wine. Also worth mentioning that we buy the (Bordeaux) wines directly and never through intermediaries because then we do not know which journeys the wine has made and how it has been treated. The wines come from the cellars of the Chateau directly to our conditioned Warehouse in Dordrecht where all our wines are stored .