WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 962; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1995 which is 906. 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 1995 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1995 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Sugar, Blueberry, Inaccessible, Hedonistic, Intellectual. 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006.
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.
Similar Wines from Nearby
Similar Wines from Other Regions
Prices & Deals for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 1995
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-31 |
gbp |
108 |