【滿分酒款】
【紅酒教父Robert Parker評為超二級莊 實力備受肯定】
【Emile Peynaud 作酒莊顧問】
【Vinous 98 pts】
【JamesSuckling 96-97 pts】
【Wine Spectator 95-97】
【Wine Advocate 94-96 pts】
ZTF1087E - Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 2021 Saint Julien 寶嘉龍 二級莊
優惠價：$1250/支
產區/級別：St-Julien
葡萄品類：98% Cabernet Sauvignon赤霞珠, 2% Merlot梅洛
酒精度：12.5%vol
容量： 750ml
【酒評分數 Rating】
Vinous 98 pts：
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.
JamesSuckling 96-97 pts：
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.
Wine Spectator 95-97：
Almost entirely Cabernet, this wine is packed with aromatic black-currant fruits. It is impressively rich with solid tannins and black plum, walnut and berry flavors. Drink this powerful wine from 2028 at the earliest.
Wine Advocate 94-96 pts：
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.
【Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou】
國王手下的年輕貴族 Jacquesde Bergeron于1720年5月30日在 Saint-Julien de Reignac 教堂裡迎娶了葡萄園的女繼承人Marie Dejean。祖籍貝阿恩的活躍商人Bertrand Ducru 經營著自己的貿易公司，後於1797年收購了莊園。而 Beaucaillou 解作美麗的石頭，酒莊名稱就是由創園莊主名稱加上園內特色而成Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou。他對梅多克酒的熱愛之情促使他為酒窖和葡萄園投入了大量的人力和物力，在 1855 年分級的激烈競爭中，寶嘉龍表現出色，被列為波爾多的二級名莊。
幾經易手，1942年，Francis Borie 以終身租賃的方式從 Fernand Odon Desbarats de Burke 手中接管寶嘉龍。家族在波爾多還有 Grand Puy Lascote和Haut Batailley 酒莊。Jean-Eugène 子承父業，為葡萄園和酒窖展開細緻的重修工程。致使寶嘉龍的聲譽在此段時期上升到波爾多的頂峰水準。酒莊由1953開始就聘用了被譽為偉大的釀酒師之一 Emile Peynaud作酒莊顧問。1998年，在著名葡萄酒評論家Robert Parker對波爾多名莊的分級中，寶嘉龍和拉菲、拉圖等並列一級酒莊，自此酒莊也得到了一個非官方的「超二級莊」頭銜。而寶嘉龍正牌算是最後一批將葡萄酒置於100%新桶中陳釀18個月的酒莊之一，從而令酒體得以保持50年乃至更長的陳釀能力，即是短時間的內都未到時候享用，而 La Croixde Beaucaillou (副牌)，從1995年開始在莊園裝瓶，之前會以散裝賣給波爾多酒商。根據年份來決定20%~40%的新木桶陳釀，熟成時間為12個月，而現時新年份副牌酒已改為黑色酒標。
