Ducru-Beaucaillou
If you just look for high alcohol, deep color and tannins, 1997 can be difficult to taste, notes Francois-Xavier Borie. But then grape sugars here, at 11.5%, were actually slightly higher than those of 1996. "We picked the fruit ripe but not overripe," adds Borie. "If we had waited longer we would have lost color and concentration." I was not able to retaste the '96s here, which were sur colle, but the finished '95 Ducru-Beaucaillou and Grand Puy Lacoste have turned out splendidly.
From 1997, 1996 and 1995 Bordeaux (May 1998) by Stephen Tanzer
1997 Saint-Julien
Color: Red
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