WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 861; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2003 which is 872. The average score for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is 915, making this a below 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 2003 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2003 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Robust. The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). 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 Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château d’Issan 2010.
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 2003
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
127 |