WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 895. 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 1985 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1985 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Flabby, Generous, Unusual, Youthfulness, Lifted, Toasted, Leaf, Melted, Bolstered, Earthy. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.5%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1985 (12.5% vs 12.75%). The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and has been past its best for 4 (since 2012). 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 La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2007, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2006, Château Montrose 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Brane-Cantenac 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1985
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
96 |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
135 |