Ducru-Beaucaillou - 1983 (750ml) Rias Baixas Dry apricot and orange peel

Dry apricot and orange peel flavors give this some zip

Distilled on the Single Wooden Pot Still

at lower sugar and rely on high

The mouthfeel is full and fleshy

This is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot

Ducru-Beaucaillou - 1983 (750ml) Rias Baixas Dry apricot and orange peelWith loads of minerality, a terrific opaque purple color, and slightly more structure and tannin than either Poyferre or St. Pierre (and thats saying something), this is a blockbuster, fabulous Ducru Beaucaillou that should be at its best a good decade from now and last 40 50 years. The proprietor is not alone in thinking this is the finest Ducru Beaucaillou since the 1961. The classic wet rock, creme de cassis, subtle oak and gravelly stoniness of