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Wine Description
The Story
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is named after the beautiful, large stones found in its unique wine-growing terroir. This exceptional ecosystem produces fine, elegant, tasty wines, with a long finish – in short, archetypal Saint-Julien wines.
Perched on an exceptional site with incomparable views over the Gironde estuary, in the centre of a hundred-year-old park, Ducru-Beaucaillou is a majestic, Victorian-style castle, which has, over time, becom...
Wine Information
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou : our 2006 vintage
1.The climate
The winter of 2006 was characterised by a typical Atlantic weather. The rains that felt in April helped to replenish the water reserves that were at their lowest after the droughts of 2005 and those of the previous years.
The flowering occurred within the average. The process started at the end of May for the Merlots and at the beginning of June for the Cabernets. The
harvest was...
