Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1982

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1982 which is 928. The average score for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is 911, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou they use words like Tannins, Black, Fruit, Full, Ruby, Sweet, Purple, Cassis, Acidity, Oak, Pure, Rich, Minerals, Ripe, Blackcurrant. The 1982 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1982 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Flesh, Autumnal, Promises, Underbrush, Blackcurrants, Aromatics. The wine has been ready to drink for 16 years (since 2000) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Latour 2003, Château Margaux 2008, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
81	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	199%
80	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-66%
77	Château Palmer 2012	-27%
73	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-50%
69	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-88%
69	Château d’Issan 2005	-63%
67	Les Forts de Latour 2009	-31%
66	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-81%
54	Les Forts de Latour 2005	-35%
52	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-68%
51	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	106%
50	Château Margaux 2006	47%
49	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	-18%
49	Château Latour 2003	219%
49	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	-46%
49	Château Margaux 2010	278%
49	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	77%
48	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	-27%
48	Château Haut-Brion 2009	182%
48	Château Margaux 2008	1%
47	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-79%
47	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-56%
47	Château Margaux 2009	342%
46	Château Palmer 2009	1%
46	Château Palmer 2005	1%
46	Château Labégorce 2010	-87%
45	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	58%
45	Château Latour 2011	32%
45	Château Haut-Brion 2010	204%
45	Château Batailley 2010	32%
45	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	51%
45	Château Figeac 2012	-78%
45	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-71%
44	Château Haut-Bailly 2009	10%
44	Les Forts de Latour 2006	-12%
44	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-72%
44	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	41%
44	Château Cheval Blanc 2005	133%
44	Château Haut-Brion 2011	-12%
43	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	10%
43	Les Forts de Latour 2010	-23%
43	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	-59%
43	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-78%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-31	gbp	242