Château Branaire-Ducru 2021

Name: Château Branaire-Ducru 2021
Brand: Château Branaire-Ducru
SKU: 4425A00721-75LCB06
Price: 45.0 CHF
Availability: InStock

Red wine | 4th Cru Classé, Saint-Julien AC

Branaire-Ducru's style is first and foremost a signature. Fruit, freshness and elegance, 3 key components which form the hard core, the guiding framework imprinted in the Château's wines. Upon purchasing the property, Patrick Maroteaux expressed the wish to produce wines representative of the Saint-Julien appellation with a unique imprint, the kind that allows great wines to be identified.

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France Bordeaux
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Petit Verdot
5 - 25 years

Features

Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Sub-region	Saint-Julien
Wine type	Red wine
Wine style	Fruity, Elegant, Full-bodied
Designation	4th Cru Classé, Saint-Julien AC
Grape variety	Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Cellaring	5 - 25 years
Serving temperature	16 - 18°C

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Château Branaire-Ducru 2021

CHF 45.00 (75cl)

Colour

Lovely dark red.

Nose

Very aromatic, with ripe, subtle, fragrant fruit.

Palate

Medium to full-bodied, ample and homogeneous, mid-palate with magnificent fruit aroma, lively acidity and well-melted, fine-grained tannins.

Wine-growing terroir

The Branaire-Ducru vineyard is made up of 15 micro-terroirs which extend over 60 ha to the south of the appellation. The vines, aged 35 years on average, are planted on Quaternary gravel-siliceous alluvium soils. The Merlot flourishes on beds of clay.

Winemaking

Manual harvest, sorting of the grapes as soon as they arrive at the cellar, vinification separated by plot and grape variety in temperature-regulated stainless steel vats, slow maceration for 21 days. Aging for 18 months in oak barrels (60% new barrels).

Bottle closure

Cork

Packaging

Wooden box

94 100

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2021 Branaire-Ducru has realized all the potential it showed en primeur. Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, plums, menthol, violets and baking chocolate, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and suave, with a velvety attack that segues into a deep, fleshy palate. This is especially impressive in the context of the vintage. 2025 - 2041. William Kelley.

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James Suckling The plum, chocolate and orange-peel aromas and flavors are all so attractive, and the tannins are creamy and bright with a medium velvety texture and a fine finish. Nice acidity at the end. A blend of 66% cabernet sauvignon, 22% merlot, 6.5% cabernet franc and 5.5% petit verdot. Very drinkable now but will be better in two or three years.

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Jean-Marc Quarin Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, fin, au fruité pur, mûr. Ensemble subtil, évoluant sur des notes de fruits rouges et noirs à l'agitation du verre. Charnu à l'attaque, ample en milieu de bouche, avec de la classe dans le toucher, le vin évolue assez puissant, sur une tannicité enveloppée. Bonne finale savoureuse et parfumée. Un Branaire très réussi et un peu plus en puissance qu'attendu.

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Decanter Purple and pink flowers on the nose, sweet strawberries and cherries and some milk chocolate notes. Delicate and poised on the palate, this has an air of elegance and refinement from the first sip, the sleek tannins giving support and a fine grip while the herbal Cabernet and Petit Verdot touches give spice, bright summer berry fruit and tension. This has a good core and persistence of flavour that doesn't let up, not weighty of particularly dense, but well defined and focussed. Stylish and glamorous in the best way while being understated - a difficult feat in 2021. Totally moreish and just so well constructed and delivered. A top wine! You get energy and precision here but it's the understated character I like so much, it just grows and grows quietly and then leaves you with the lingering impression of the beauty of St-Julien. 2026 - 2048. Georgina Hindle.

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Château Branaire-Ducru

Une histoire, un terroir d’exception

Ancré au cœur de l’appellation Saint-Julien dans le Médoc bordelais, le Château Branaire-Ducru est l’un des Grands Crus Classés de Bordeaux depuis 1855, reconnu pour l’élégance et la finesse de ses vins.

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