Upper 97-99 point reviews, reduced yields, and the longest harvest in the estate's history. |
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Released This Morning: Ducru-Beaucaillou 2025 | The Saint-Julien Collectors Will Chase
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Hello ,
One of the most anticipated releases of the 2025 Bordeaux campaign arrived this morning with Château Ducru-Beaucaillou.
Widely regarded as one of the wines of the vintage, the 2025 has earned scores in the 97–99 point range, plus a potential 100 points from Jeff Leve, and drawn praise for its remarkable purity, precision, and balance. Even more compelling, it has been released at pricing comparable to last year despite significantly reduced production.
The harvest was the longest in the estate's history, spanning September 2 through 23, allowing Bruno-Eugène Borie and his team to pick each parcel at optimal ripeness. The result is a stunning Saint-Julien that combines concentration with freshness, structure with finesse, and power with exceptional restraint.
Located on the famed Günzian gravel plateau overlooking the Gironde estuary, Ducru-Beaucaillou's legendary beaux cailloux have long produced some of Bordeaux's most elegant and age-worthy wines.
The Grand Vin, composed of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot, offers soaring floral aromatics layered with cassis, black cherry, graphite, and crushed stone. Finely grained tannins and vibrant mineral tension carry the wine through an exceptionally long, precise finish. At just 13.4% alcohol, it embodies the balance and freshness that have made the vintage so compelling.
Also released is Le Petit Ducru 2025, the estate's Merlot-driven third wine. Sourced from Saint-Julien parcels and crafted as an introduction to the Ducru style, it delivers vibrant dark fruit, floral lift, supple tannins, and impressive freshness in a more immediate and accessible expression. Notably, the estate elected not to release La Croix de Beaucaillou in 2025, focusing on the Grand Vin and Le Petit.
With the estate's longest harvests, one of its most acclaimed young wines in recent years, and pricing holding steady versus last year, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2025 stands among the most compelling releases of the campaign.
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What the Critics Are Saying:
98-100 Points, Jeff Leve, www.thewinecellarinsider.com:
“5 Spice, roses, irises, and white flowers are only part of the aromatic display. You also enjoy licorice, espresso, smoke, tobacco, blackberries, and black cherries. However, the palate owns the show with its display of sensuous, silky, refined black and red fruits, Asian spices, chocolate, herbs, and mint leaf. The expansive finish combines power with elegance. Everything is in balance, providing a lingering, seamless endnote that allows you to experience the purity and wealth of fruit, which lingers for over 60 seconds.”
97-99 Points, Jeb Dunnuck, www.jebdunnuck.com:
“Deep purple-hued and completely opaque, the blockbuster 2025 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou checks in as 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot, all resting in 100% new barrels. The nose is rich and concentrated, with pure crème de cassis, graphite, ripe black cherries, spicy wood, and freshly sharpened pencil-driven aromatics. On the palate, it's full-bodied, with a dense, concentrated mid-palate, ripe, building tannins, and a great finish. It checks in at 13.44% alcohol with a pH of 3.8. This structured, pure, and incredibly precise Ducru reminds me slightly of the 2010, with perhaps a touch more finesse.”
97-99 Points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, www.thewinepalate.com:
“Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Ducru-Beaucaillou shimmies out with vibrant notes of freshly crushed black currants and blueberries, opening out to sparkles of violets, licorice, crushed rocks, and cardamom, with a waft of iron ore. The medium-bodied palate is fantastically elegant with firm yet exquisitely ripe, fine-grained tannins and amazing tension to match the delicately nuanced black fruit layers, finishing with epic length and an incredible firework display of minerals and flowers. The blend is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and 21% Merlot. It has a pH of 3.74 and the alcohol is 13.44%. The TPI is 97!"
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Our Expert's Take on the 2025 Vintage: |
The story of 2025 begins with one defining factor: low yields. A dry, sun-filled season produced small, intensely concentrated berries, while cool nights preserved freshness and balance—resulting in wines that are both powerful and precise.
Across Bordeaux, the results are striking. Cabernet-driven Left Bank wines show depth and structure with remarkable lift, while Right Bank blends lean into Merlot and Cabernet Franc for plush textures and aromatic clarity. Whites, picked early, stand out for their energy and tension.
With limited volumes and strong early demand, 2025 is shaping up as a modern benchmark—combining the richness of warmer vintages with the freshness and precision collectors prize. Availability will be tight, making early access essential.
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This is an En Primeur offer for 2025 Bordeaux. All wines are subject to confirmation. Additional formats available upon request. Pricing reflects current costs and excludes any applicable tariffs. Given ongoing uncertainty around tariff rulings, none are included at this time. Should tariffs be in effect upon U.S. arrival, expected beginning in 2028, they will be clearly communicated and applied at that time. Zachys will notify you when your wines are ready to ship. |
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