WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 933; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1986 which is 912. The average score for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is 913, 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 1986 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1986 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Formidable, Steel, Cranberry, Restrained. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 12.75%)The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Margaux 2006, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Latour 1996, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Léoville-Barton 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1986
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
135 |