Château Branaire-Ducru 2022

Name: Château Branaire-Ducru 2022
Brand: Château Branaire-Ducru
SKU: 4425A00722-75LCB06
Price: 52.5 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
14.00% vol.

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
Alcohol content	14.00% vol.
Cellaring	5 - 25 years
Serving temperature	16 - 18°C

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Château Branaire-Ducru 2022

CHF 52.50 (75cl)

Colour

Lovely dark purple red.

Nose

Very expressive, complex, rich in ripe black fruit aromas, without any heaviness. The ageing gives it delicate, refined spicy hints.

Palate

Generous, subtle and fleshy on the palate, held together by balanced acidity. The wine develops complexity and depth. The lingering finish is highly aromatic.

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 clay soils.

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

97 100

Jean-Marc Quarin Couleur noire et pourpre. Nez intense, fin, fruité, subtil et noble. Moelleux en entrée de bouche, moelleux au milieu, avec de l'éclat dans la saveur, le vin évolue juteux, savoureux et même complexe en finale lorsqu'il gagne un éclat superbe. Profil dense et fondant. Une grande réussite. Assemblage : 60.5 % cabernet sauvignon, 31.5 % merlot, 5.5 % cabernet franc, 2.5 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 14°3 – pH : 3,65. Rendement : 34,5 hl/ha.

97 100

Decanter One of the standouts of the vintage that impressed equally on three different occasions. Fragrant and expressive on the nose, lovely scents and dark fruits. Smooth and crisp, silky but concentrated, such precision and detail straight away with succulent and juicy acidity. There’s concentration no doubt, it’s ripe and intense, the dark perfumed blackcurrants and black cherries give a serious backbone and tension to the wine, while the minty, stony freshness carries the flavour and gives the energy and definition. Excellently weighted on the palate, with structure and a mouthwatering sensation that comes in once the weight settles. So well constructed with a beautiful texture and overall integration of all the elements. Exceptional quality and drinkability on offer with a delicious salty, graphite and flint finish that puts you at the estate. Overlook this at your peril. 2.5% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.65pH. Harvest 12 - 24 September. 60% grand vin production. A yield of 34hl/ha. Tasted three times. This vintage was the first to be made 100% in the new cellar with double the number of vats than were available in 2020 for more precise fermentations. HVE3 certified. Harvest 12 September - 24 September. 2028-2049. Georgina Hindle.

96 100

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The 2022 Branaire-Ducru has turned out just as brilliantly as I had hoped. Offering up a deep bouquet of crème de cassis and blackberries mingled with pencil shavings, burning embers and cigar box, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and unctuous, with a rich core of fruit, lively acids and sweet structuring tannins. Iterated and complete, it concludes with a long, broad finish. This blend of 60.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31.5% Merlot, 5.5% Cabernet Franc and 2.5% Petit Verdot is worth a special effort to seek out. 2027-2055. William Kelley.

96 100

James Suckling Blackcurrants and pencil shavings with such intense but subtle character on the nose. Some crushed stones as well. Full-bodied and dense with layers of polished tannins that are integrated and focused, creamy and caressing. Very long and persistent. 60.5% cabernet sauvignon, 31.5% merlot, 5.5% cabernet franc and 2.5% petit verdot. Best after 2028.

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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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