Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou, (Magnum) 2020 vs Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Henri Magnien 2021
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou, (Magnum) 2020 currently starts £0.20 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £60.20 | £60.40 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Château Ducru-Beaucaillou | Domaine Henri Magnien |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon | Pinot Noir |
| Size | 1500ml | 750ml |
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou, (Magnum) 2020
The 2020 Le Petit Ducru is a classy claret with real depth and charm, full of dark berry fruit, well-balanced acidity and suave tannins. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot (with a touch of Petit Verdot in some vintages), it’s aged for 12 months in oak (one-third new), and made with the same rigorous attention to detail as the estate’s grands vins. This is the newest member of the Ducru-Beaucaillou family — a beautifully crafted introduction to the estate's signature style. Sourced from Ducru-Beaucaillou’s vineyards in Saint-Julien, the 2020 it offers a glimpse into the elegance, structure, and elan that define its elder siblings, Ducru-Beaucaillou and La Croix. In short, it’s a seriously good bottle for fans of classic Bordeaux — with all the hallmarks of Ducru, just in a more accessible and earlier-drinking package.
Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Henri Magnien 2021
Introduced through his good friend Pierre Duroché, Magnien’s style of wines is nearer to Dugat-Py, in terms of richness, power and density. The domaine owns some prime sites in the north west quadrant of Gevrey, an area known locally as the Côte Saint-Jacques, including holdings in Lavaut and Estournelles and also a great strip running the length of Cazetiers, known as the “Le Petit Chambertin” because it has the same combination of soil types. Charles is also very particular about oak – choosing his own wood, exclusively now from the forests of Fontainbleu and Chatillons, and giving to his preferred tonneliere Chauvin. He finds the different forests favour different cuvées and that it is not so much the percentage of new oak but rather the type of wood and level of toast that is most important. The Gevrey Vieilles Vignes and lieu dit ‘Champerrier’ from 65-year old vines which “in blind tastings is a little 1er Cru” says Charles, are definitely smart buys from this address.
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