Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 event-sold-out and alpine

and alpine

and very good with a slight chill on a warm evening

The red is the rarest wine at Italy's most secretive estate

where marine fog pours through the Petaluma Wind Gap and stretches ripening out slow and cool

volcanic gabbro soil

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 event-sold-out and alpineA classical Saint Julien from one of the appellation's standard bearers, 2006 Ducru is now hitting its stride. Unlike the sunbaked 2003, this is a textbook cool vintage Bordeaux: firm structure, cedary aromatics, and the cassis and graphite signature that has made Ducru Beaucaillou a benchmark for the commune. Bruno Borie's house style of refinement and length shows beautifully here. Drinking well now with another decade of upside if you have the