2003 Branaire-Ducru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Saint Julien

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5.5% Petit Verdot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc (2023 vintage)

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Branaire has crafted a concentrated and classic 2005 that combines high alcohol with a pH that's on the low side for this estate. But president Patrick Maroteau notes that both the pH and the acidity are lower than 2004 levels. Production here was 42 hectoliters per hectare, compared to 50+ in 2004 and less than 30 in 2003. Maroteau notes that generally lower yields today, in conjunction with harvesting dates that are a full 10 to 12 days later than those of barely a decade ago, are producing wines with huge polyphenol levels but riper tannins than ever before. The IPTs in 1995 and 1996, he told me, were 57 and 59 respectively, whereas in 2003 and 2005 they are 71 and 73.

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