2022 | Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Madame de Beaucaillou | Haut-Médoc | France

Ducru-Beaucaillou craft at an entry price — an elegant new vintage of Bruno Borie's Haut-Médoc cuvée.

Madame de Beaucaillou is Bruno Borie's Haut-Médoc wine, made in the cellars of the legendary Château Ducru-Beaucaillou — a Saint-Julien Second Growth — as a homage to the women of the Borie family. Sourced from the family's plots outside Saint-Julien and vinified with the same meticulous hand as the grand vin: Merlot-led with Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, 12 months in barrel (20% new).

A Ducru-Beaucaillou-made wine at this price is one of Bordeaux's smartest buys. Elegant, polished, Borie-crafted → the grand vin sells for $250+ → at $48.99 you're drinking the Ducru style for a fraction.

• Merlot-led with Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot
• Haut-Médoc — Bordeaux Left Bank
• Made at Château Ducru-Beaucaillou — Bruno Borie
• 12 months in barrel; 20% new oak

Crushed flowers and bright red fruit over blood orange, cinnamon and white pepper, mid-weight and gracious with terrific purity and refined tannins. Translation: elegant, polished Left Bank Bordeaux — lifted red fruit and spice with real purity and the silkiness of its famous sibling.

Ducru-Beaucaillou style at an everyday price. Exactly the bottle for steak frites, roast duck, or lamb.