WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 933; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 881. 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Jammy, Confit, Persistence, Plump, Volume, Atypical, Fat, Builds, Lilacs, Exotic. The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-26 |
gbp |
129 |