Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2003 OLDRIOJA and finished in Madeira casks

and finished in Madeira casks

Lighter and more delicately aromatic than the Sonoma Coast bottling

and the rounder

It draws from younger vines outside Chateauneuf near Jonquieres plus some declassified Chateauneuf fruit

It's a lovely

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2003 OLDRIOJA and finished in Madeira casksDucru Beaucaillou is one of the iconic names of Saint Julien, and 2003 captured the chateau in a particularly sumptuous register. The blistering hot, drought shaped vintage produced ripe, opulent wines that have matured faster than classical years, and at twenty plus years this Ducru is drinking generously exotic fruit, sweet tobacco, and the cedary perfume that fans of the estate love. Decant and drink rather than cellar further. A rare chance to