WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 895; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 871. The average score for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is 914, 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Weightless, Shimmers, Fined, Penetrating, Energetic, Suave, Sappy, Sour, Bright, Stone. The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2006
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
90 |