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Branaire Ducru 2021 75cl

4eme Grand Cru Classé | St. Julien | Bordeaux | Francia
CHF 41.90
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94 Robert Parker
Having tasted the 2021 Branaire-Ducru six times over the course of a month and a half, I feel confident in saying that it is a beautiful wine that numbers among the vintage's real successes. Offering up aromas of raspberry coulis and red cherries mingled with notions of rose petals, cigar box and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a layered core of fruit, lively acids and beautifully powdery tannins. Why is it quite so good? It isn't because a lot of wine was declassified, as around 60% of the estate's production went into the grand vin this year—a touch more than average. Rather, the key factors seem to be waiting to pick despite an alarming weather forecast; the blend itself, which emphasizes ripe Cabernet and the estate's later-ripening Merlot on clay-limestone soils; and the fact that a partially completed new winery means that Branaire already had fully 63 fermentation vats at its disposal to pick and vinify parcel by parcel. The exact composition is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.<br/>
94 Robert Parker
Having tasted the 2021 Branaire-Ducru six times over the course of a month and a half, I feel confident in saying that it is a beautiful wine that numbers among the vintage's real successes. Offering up aromas of raspberry coulis and red cherries mingled with notions of rose petals, cigar box and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a layered core of fruit, lively acids and beautifully powdery tannins. Why is it quite so good? It isn't because a lot of wine was declassified, as around 60% of the estate's production went into the grand vin this year—a touch more than average. Rather, the key factors seem to be waiting to pick despite an alarming weather forecast; the blend itself, which emphasizes ripe Cabernet and the estate's later-ripening Merlot on clay-limestone soils; and the fact that a partially completed new winery means that Branaire already had fully 63 fermentation vats at its disposal to pick and vinify parcel by parcel. The exact composition is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.<br/>
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Château Branaire Ducru
Situato sull’estuario del fiume Gironda, Branaire-Ducru si trova su uno dei terreni ghiaiosi più spettacolari della regione per la coltivazione dell’uva. Nel 1680, Jean-Bapiste Braneyre fu il primo a scoprire l’incredibile potenziale di questa proprietà e la classificazione del 1855 fu la riconferma della qualità di questo terroir. Branaire-Ducru forma, insieme ai prestigiosi château confinanti, un gruppo famoso in tutto il mondo per l’eccellenza dei propri vini. Qui, la qualità è la priorità assoluta e Branaire-Ducru fa tutto il possibile per mettere in risalto la personalità e la complessità intrinseca di questo terroir. Impiantato principalmente a Cabernet Sauvignon, esprime tutto il suo carattere anno dopo anno, con grande regolarità, grazie alla notevole freschezza, alla delicatezza e alle note fruttate. L’attenta vinificazione è concentrata su come evidenziare queste caratteristiche in ogni annata e Branaire-Ducru è sempre un vino elegante e la quintessenza di Saint-Julien.