Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 CS20230804 with enough structure to sit

with enough structure to sit at the dinner table all night rather than disappear before the food arrives

just north of Fronsac (bottled as Bordeaux Blanc

Malvasia & Ortrugo grapes

the kind of bottle you reach for when you want something honest and unfussy on a Tuesday night

more crystalline expression: citrus

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 CS20230804 with enough structure to sitA classical Saint Julien from one of the appellation's standard bearers, 2006 Ducru is now hitting its stride. Unlike the sunbaked 2003, this is a textbook cool vintage Bordeaux: firm structure, cedary aromatics, and the cassis and graphite signature that has made Ducru Beaucaillou a benchmark for the commune. Bruno Borie's house style of refinement and length shows beautifully here. Drinking well now with another decade of upside if you have the