Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2014

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 895; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2014 which is 866. 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 2014 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2014 but no other wine from Château Ducru-Beaucaillou: Incredible, Opulence. The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2019) 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Margaux 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
50	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-46%
49	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	372%
47	Château Palmer 2012	15%
46	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-70%
45	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-21%
41	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-80%
39	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	-15%
39	Les Forts de Latour 2009	9%
39	Château Margaux 2010	497%
38	Château d’Issan 2009	-62%
37	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-50%
36	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-56%
35	Château Latour 2003	403%
35	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	16%
35	Château Margaux 2009	598%
35	Château Margaux 2006	132%
35	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	86%
34	Les Forts de Latour 2005	2%
34	Château Batailley 2010	108%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	123%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-71%
34	Château Labégorce 2010	-79%
34	Château Haut-Brion 2009	344%
34	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-54%
34	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	179%
33	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	-37%
33	Château Figeac 2012	-66%
33	Château Margaux 2008	59%
32	Château Palmer 2008	-30%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2010	21%
32	Château Latour 2009	613%
32	Château Haut-Brion 2010	379%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-67%
32	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	138%
32	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	226%
31	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	29%
31	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-57%
31	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	149%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-66%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-30%
31	Château Ausone 2010	623%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-16	gbp	77