2019 Madame de Beaucaillou 6 Pack

92 POINTS

James Suckling

Really floral and pretty with currants, cherries and some violets and stones. Medium-bodied with a creamy texture. Attractive tannins and stony undertones. A large percentage of merlot with the cabernet, making it fresh and firm. Sophisticated. Better after 2024.

91 POINTS

Jane Anson - Decanter

Entirely new wine this year from Ducru Beaucaillou plots in Haut-Medoc (in Cussac Fort Médoc, just over the border). This has a juicy balance, and round supple tannins, approachable but with ageing potential if you want to wait four or five years before opening. High levels of Petit Verdot help add spice and deepen the feel of the wine. 2% Cabernet Franc completes the blend.

91 POINTS

James Suckling

A bright, fresh red with currants, hot stones and white pepper. Medium-bodied, fine and delicious.

90 POINTS

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2019 Madame de Beaucaillou offers attractive blackcurrant pastilles mixed with pressed iris petals and orange blossom on the nose that is well defined and contains plenty of joie-de-vivre . The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent opening. Fleshy and round, it offloads plenty of black fruit laced with white pepper exerting a gentle grip on the finish. I suspect this will be an approachable 2019 that will give a decade's worth of drinking pleasure. Points: 89-91

90 POINTS

James Suckling

A bright, fresh red with currants, hot stones and white pepper. Medium-bodied, fine and delicious. Points: 90-91

William Kelley - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A new wine in the range, made from the vineyards that Ducru-Beaucaillou owns in the Haut-Medoc, the 2019 Madame de Beaucaillou is a blend of 68% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.92% and the pH is 3.62. It is set to age for 12 months in French oak barrels, 20% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sails out of the glass with notions of plums preserves, blueberry pie and Morello cherries plus hints of cinnamon stick, clove oil and candied violets plus a waft of Sichuan pepper. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is packed with rich black fruit and a plush texture, offering oodles of freshness to lift the spicy nuances to a long finish.

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2019 Madame de Beaucaillou is the first vintage where 100% of the Haut-Médoc went into the blend. It has a light, well-defined nose of black currant and light briary scents. The palate is medium-bodied with a firm, quite masculine and peppery entry, moderate depth and an austere finish that will need a little time. Given how fleshy it was in barrel, I am surprised how grippy this has become, but I suspect it will fill out with bottle age.

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2019 Madame de Beaucaillou has turned out beautifully. Bright, floral and effusive, the Madame offers up crushed red berry fruit, spice, new leather and licorice. This effusive, charming red offers tons of immediacy and sheer appeal. I would prefer to drink it over the next handful of years. The Madame is a blend from vineyards that previously informed Bruno Borie's Listracs, plus other parcels just outside Saint-Julien.