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Branaire Ducru 2024

St Julien, Fourth Growth

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30 75cl Bottle Case 6 £159 per Case Cases [Add to shopping basket]
Tasting Notes

Lovely bright plum colour, slim blue and black fruits, coffee bean and cedar oak notes, carefully constructed with balance, a little short on the finish compared to the excellent recent vintages at Branaire. 55% new oak. 41.5 hl/ha, this is the first vintage with the new cellars, François-Xavier Maroteaux owner and new president of the Union de Grands Crus de Bordeaux.

Score: 91

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2030-2042 23 April 2025

The 2024 Branaire-Ducru offers up a pretty and precise bouquet of cassis, violets and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, supple and suave, with polished tannins and tangy acids, it's a fine-boned, delicate wine from Branaire that was harvested between 20 September and 9 October. It's a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that attained 12.8% alcohol, and it's being raised in a touch less new oak than usual.

Score: 90 - 92

William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 23 April 2025