- Producer
- Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou
- Origin
- St-Julien, Medoc, Bordeaux FRANCE
- Colour
- red
- Wine Style
- dry
- Dominant Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Closure Style
- cork
- Maturity
- drink or keep
- Bottle Size
- 75cl
- Case Quantity
- 6
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Wine Score
- 89-91 points, Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2018
87 points, Jane Anson, decanter.com, April 2018
16 points, Julia Harding, jancisrobinson.com, April 2018
88-90 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, robertparker.com, April 2018
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Media Reviews
Neal Martin
The 2017 Lalande-Borie, which was created by Jean-Eugène Borie in 1970, is matured in 30% new oak for 12 months. It has a well-defined bouquet with slightly broody dark fruit that need some encouragement from the glass. Here there is a majority of red rather than black fruit, complemented by bay leaf and a touch of truffle. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin, crisp acidity, very focused with tangible mineralité that surfaces on the final third of the wine. Good potential. I like the sapid nature of this wine and it should drink well over the next decade. 89-91 points
Jane Anson
50% frost here, but the wine seems remarkably unscathed. They harvested the second generation fruit, but didn`t use it in the blend, which is in fact the same as usual but just in lesser quantities. The result is a soft but well-rounded and finessed wine with black cherry fruit and charcoal and vanilla bean notes. A good job here - an early drinking pleasure. 3.75pH. 30% new oak. 87 points
Julia Harding
50% lost to frost, cold area close to Lagrange. 66% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon. TA (sulphuric) 3.37 g/l, pH 3.75, IPT 70. Deep crimson. Lifted cherry fruit overlaid with oak sweetness. Juicy fruit with just a slight bitterness as if the extraction was slightly hard, but nice fruit in the middle. Really juicy on the finish and the tannins are fine and add to the length. Good freshness. 16 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Bruno Borie mentioned that there was a little frost on the western part of Saint-Julien here. A blend of 66% Merlot and 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium garnet-purple colored 2017 Lalande-Borie has a beautiful nose of red roses, dusty soil and powdered cinnamon with a core of red currants, black cherries and kirsch plus a touch of warm plums. The palate is medium-bodied with a chewy frame and lively backbone supporting the muscular fruit, finishing savory and with great persistence. To be aged for 12 months in barrel, in one-third new oak. 88-90 p oints
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