Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2004

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 889; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 849. 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 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Chunky, Beefy, Formless, Improvement, Crisp, Zesty, Tar, Grille. 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 Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Gloria 2009, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
101	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	2104%
96	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	152%
91	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	270%
89	Château Palmer 2012	436%
89	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-8%
84	Les Forts de Latour 2008	397%
84	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	40%
81	Les Forts de Latour 2009	409%
66	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	297%
64	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	56%
61	Château Haut-Brion 2008	114%
61	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	1203%
60	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	132%
60	Château Margaux 2006	983%
59	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	501%
59	Les Forts de Latour 2005	377%
59	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	1422%
59	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	442%
58	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	107%
58	Château Margaux 2010	2691%
57	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	713%
57	Château Latour 2003	2252%
56	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	297%
56	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	204%
56	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	228%
55	Château Pavie 2005	650%
55	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	363%
55	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	56%
55	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	1651%
54	Château Batailley 2010	874%
54	Château Giscours 2009	53%
54	Château Palmer 2005	642%
54	Château Labégorce 2010	-1%
54	Château Pavie 2009	550%
54	Château Haut-Brion 2009	1977%
53	Château Clerc-Milon 2005	38%
53	Château Clerc-Milon 2010	110%
53	Château Haut-Brion 2010	2139%
53	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	35%
53	Château Latour 2005	2065%
53	Château Margaux 2009	3162%
52	Château Montrose 2005	1213%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-26	gbp	33