Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 2020 Chateau Cantemerle This fine estate has produced

This fine estate has produced a powerful

as the 2012 has not been on the market before

Edges of hop bitterness set a lovely accent

it finishes spicy

the presence of fresh white fruit

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien, France 2020 Chateau Cantemerle This fine estate has producedAnother legendary Ducru Beaucaillou in the making, the 2020 Chteau Ducru Beaucaillou hasn't budged since release. Full bodied, concentrated, and layered, it has incredible purity in its cassis and darker, almost blue fruits, some classic yet primary tobacco, graphite, and mineral notes, a dense mid palate, and awesome length on the finish. It's very much in the style of the 2010 and deserves at least a decade of bottle age. I won't be around to taste