Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou AOC Saint-Julien Famille Eugene Borie, 2018

Another of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou’s wines, Le Petit Ducru is made from a selection of the estate’s Saint-Julien vineyards – generally plots that are a little away from the estuary close to those of Châteaux Talbot and Lagrange. A vibrant wine with cherries, red apples and vanilla aromas. It has great depth on the nose and palate which is layered with a silky texture. This is a refined wine with both power and elegance finishing with flavours of blackcurrants, plums spicy vanilla and chocolate. It sits comfortably in the Ducru stable and truly is a younger brother to La Croix and the much higher priced Grand Vin Château Ducru-Beaucaillou.