and delicate toasted notes

Vinen er vinificeret af Michel Friou og lagret på 75 % nye egetræsfade

and dark plums merge with cedar

the wine is full-bodied and smooth with tightly woven

Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, 1982, 75cl 100RP and delicate toasted notesFrom my cellar, the 1982 Ducru Beaucaillou is one of the most youthful of the Mdoc crus classs today. Unwinding in the decanter and glass with a rich bouquet of blackcurrants, licorice, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, it's full bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a broad attack that segues into a deep core of fruit framed by ripe, powdery tannins and succulent acids. It's an unusually big boned rendition of this elegantly styled wine, but it's no less