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Château Beauregard Ducasse, Cuvée Albert Duran, Graves, 2016
Gruff M. Perromat’s top wine, from about 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot, well-oaked. Is this the best vintage we have shipped yet (and we started with the 2006 vintage) of this traditionally framed and concenterated... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
Sub RegionGraves
GrowerChâteau Beauregard Ducasse
Grape VarietyMerlot, Cabernet Sauvignon & Petit Verdot
Vintage2016
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeBDU616
Château Beauregard Ducasse
Graves
Jacques Perromat’s sixth generation family estate lies at Mazères near Langon at the southern end of the Graves, with about 50 hectares of gravelly vineyards on limestone sub-soils hacked out of the surrounding forest from 1850.
This is as far removed - and not just in distance - from the grand estates of the Haut-Médoc as possible: here the...
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Cabernet Sauvignon
The most prestigious red grape?
Origins
- Bordeaux region, as a natural cross of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc (established 1997 by DNA analysis)
- Was known as Vidure or Petit-Vidure
- Spread throughout left bank of Bordeaux, supplanting white grapes
Characteristics
- Fairly easy to grow: hardy, buds...
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Château Beauregard Ducasse, Cuvée Albert Duran, Graves, 2016
Gruff M. Perromat’s top wine, from about 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot, well-oaked. Is this the best vintage we have shipped yet (and we started with the 2006 vintage) of this traditionally framed and concenterated wine? First impression is of great mass; then it suggests a black fruit compôte with dried figs, with woodsmoke, spice and liqourice. Old-fashioned, to be sure, but so expressive and with years to go. Now-2025
Jacques Perromat’s sixth generation family estate lies at Mazères near Langon at the very southern end of the Graves, with about 50 hectares of gravelly vineyards on limestone sub-soils hacked out of the surrounding forest from 1850.
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