Jonathan Light

8.9

Loved the 2010. Deep flavors. — 5 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Tight and simple at first, but with time in the decanter dusty blue fruits, dank herb, violet, kalamata, graphite and rainwater emerge. Really delicious. — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

This always hits the spot, magical in its aromatics of black cherry, raspberry, smoked meat, earth, black olive, pine needle, dried herbs, menthol, pepper & violet. — 8 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.2

Medium ruby color and a pronounced nose of raspberry, violet and a spice note reminiscent of sandalwood incense. Lovely medium body with silky texture. Good acid balance for food pairing and a long lovely finish. Wonderful evocation of serious Beaujolais — 8 years ago

James

9.4

Minerally and flavorful. Great value — 9 years ago

Ola Ellnestam

9.1

Granny Smith. Äpple. Stall säger Tobbe. — 9 years ago

with Tobias

Paul Heyrman

8.9

Nice claret — 10 years ago

Young Bock Lee

9.4

deep, dense perfume of violet, lavender. dried cherries, hint of muddy soil. balanced among fruitness, acidity(med plus), structure. med plus tannin. lovely! — 10 years ago

Howard Yang

9.5

Medium to dark burgundy in color, edge showing some brick hue, smells of anise, violet, cinnamon, white pepper and fig, medium to full body, very refined sweet tannin, started out slightly muted with high acidity, takes more than an hour to open up, tastes of cedar, tobacco, clove, black cherry, black berry, and anise, extremely smooth and balanced mouthfeel, with a long and lingering finish. Beautiful! — 11 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Nicola catena is the Robert Mondavi of Mendoza they advanced in 15 years what it took the rest of the world 200 years to get to this level. They take from the five family vineyards for this wine. The historic rows are now put on the label. This is the best vineyards and they look for the best location in those vineyards Angelica named after his mother and this is the mother clone material. All the wineries built in Spanish or Italian architecture. Dark berry fruit blackberry and blueberry fruit with notes of licorice spice dark tobacco spice. Another vineyard has a dessert effect because of its low altitude this site gives it structure. Adrianna vineyards is one of the highest and this is the most important violet flowers and freshness and acidity — 11 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Lots of dark cherry, berry fruits, with good spice , mineral & violet. — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.7

Incredible potential loaded in this top St Julien from a top year @ £145 paid now £200-235 this is a monster 😈 superb now but wow in 10-20 years juice of the gods 😍 Had eased back since a year ago as it was more full on then 😉 This wine will outlive me 😁

📍 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2010

🏵 97-98 points w/ 100 potential in time 👍

🍇 90% Cabernet Sauvignon & 10% Merlot

🍷 Opaque blackened deep ruby

👃 Heady intense hit of blackcurrant, mint leaf, dark plum & violet w/ soft oak, minerals, mocha, liquorice & fresh cedar

👄 Med+ body of mocha infused creamy smooth plump blackcurrant w/ cocoa, damson compote & blackberry jam

🎯 Long mocha & liquorice blackcurrant smack in the choppers 💥 w/ a mineral & blackberry kick — 7 years ago

David Singer

Sommelier/Wine Educator LibationEducation

8.9

Well named. Hard pressed to not think this was a modern style St Joseph. Ripe fruit, opens up to more tertiary notes and herbs. Well crafted. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.3

One of my favourite 🇨🇱 wines 👍 @ £55 worth every penny - great now but will be superb in 4-5yrs 😎

🍇 93% Cab S & 7% Cab F

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Blackcurrant & dark cherry smoke oak mist w/ cocoa mocha condensation dripping off your nasal hairs whilst walking in a mineral infused violet field

👄 Full bodied plump bursting blackcurrant & plum that's silky smooth through a creamy mocha shell

🎯 Long dark fruit & cocoa teeth stain — 9 years ago

Michael Hildebrand

9.2

Good gear — 9 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.1

Green violet blueberry juice — 10 years ago

John Kanellopoulos

8.9

Very nice Haut Medoc, good body, maturing Yannis, great color solid left bank Bordeaux — 10 years ago

James Lake

9.2

Aroma of plastic and gooseberries and Lemon. Slight funkiness like musky grape skins. Taste nice medium body. Good acidity medium. Slight salinity hints oh lemon custard. Currents. — 10 years ago

Victor Hwang

9.4

Young but so much potential. Nose has intense lilac and violet with dark red fruit. Mouth coating but so pretty. Tannins too intense. Easily ready to age for 20 years and will gain complexity. Tons of potential. — 11 years ago

Max Coane

9.2

Crushed violet. Leather. Dried red fruit. Killer if not still a touch tannic — 12 years ago

Daniel M

9.3

There is an irony thing in the nose along with violet and rose petals and cherry and a bit of black pepper. This is the nose I fell in love with 10 years ago. The palate is very well designed with a strong acid backbone, a very nice round and radiating fruit, a bit of a sweet touch, some nice oily, scratchy tannins which kick things up for a rather long finish with that fruit, pepper and a long lasting floral aftertaste. So great. This is 7 Euro when you buy it from the winery directly and it's 15 kilometers from where I am right now 😍 — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

This has gained weight since last tried showing black cherry & raspberry with meat, black olive, pepper, violet & licorice spices. — 7 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.9

#vindefrance #grenache — 8 years ago

Edward Chiu

9.0

A VERY good young Bordeaux, perfect sweetness, slight spice, and ZERO bitter after taste - highly recommend - had with pork and burger — 8 years ago

Andrew S

9.7

Wow. Giving me a "moment" tonight. Reminds me of the good in this world as flavors unfurl. Olives and smoked meat on the nose. Shocks with the depth of fruit and sweetness on the palate. Loads of dark berries, cherries. Violet. Among other flavors. Stays elegant and balanced. Finish sails on. Stunning. — 9 years ago

GaryWEdwards

9.2

Full cherry with with hint of violet. Wow — 9 years ago

MJ Tsay

10

still young and fresh; stewed cherry dried thyme fig violet aromatics — 10 years ago

Ben Cane

Head Winemaker, Westwood Wines, Sonoma CA

9.5

Wow! Great year, intense dense and nuanced all at once. Earth spice and lifted violet perfume — 10 years ago

DrinkBordeaux

9.7

Intoxicating nose of blueberry, violet, and chocolate. Concentrated and silky smooth on the palate. Very enjoyable after 2+ decant. Young wine, save this one for longer! — 11 years ago

Magnavita Cellars

8.9

Deep purple colors & youthful aroma of dried cherry, starfruit with lighter violet, lavender & coffee aromas. Flavors of dried cherry, coffee & pepper. Medium plus acidity, length complexity & tannin. — 12 years ago