Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2021 (Magnum)

Wineadvocate

A wine that will delight Médoc purists, the 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou is a blend of fully 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot and checks in at a mere 12.5% alcohol. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cigar wrapper, violets, loamy soil and spices, it's full-bodied, layered and velvety, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and powdery tannins. Complete and penetrating, it's a true classic, reminiscent of a modern-day version of Ducru's brilliant 1996—though today's precision winemaking means that the 2021 is unlikely to go through so long a hibernation as that vintage. - WK 04/2022

Vinous

The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou captures all the potential it showed from barrel. A delicate, understated wine, the 2021 impresses above all else with its finesse. All the elements are impeccably balanced throughout. Time in the glass brings out the wine's inner sweetness and gorgeous perfume. The balance with oak, at times a challenge here, is also flawless. With lower alcohol and therefore also less extraction from oak than recent vintages, the 2021 is shaping up to be a modern-day classic. The blend is 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot, the highest amount of Cabernet Sauvignon ever here. What a wine. - AG 12/2023

Beck

Avec 98% de Cabernet Sauvignon, Ducru-Beaucaillou 2021 compte le pourcentage de ce cépage le plus élevé de l'histoire de la propriété. C'est également le pourcentage le plus élevé de 2021 parmi les Crus Classés du Médoc. Le bouquet joue entre le végétal frais, le fruit et les épices. Il se positionne de manière subtile et précise, à l'image de l'attaque et de la structure tannique. Le vin peut se targuer de sa puissance, de la tension conférée par l'acidité et par le potentiel de garde qui en découle. Un vin de caractère qui aura besoin de temps pour s'épanouir, mais qui revendique déjà son appartenance au cercle des belles réussites du millésime. Que de tonus et de perspectives ! 2027-2056 - YB 02/2024

Suckling

Firm, structured and pure with a cool and solid core of dark currants, blackberries, tar, pencil lead and bitter chocolate. Hints of tobacco, too. Firm but silky tannins. Very pure, with a long, mineral finish. Intense and very focused. 98% cabernet sauvignon and 2% merlot. - JS 05/2022