Ducru-Beaucaillou castle

The castle Ducru-Beaucaillou , is a wine field of 75 ha, located at Saint-Julien-Beychevelle in the Gironde. In AOC Saint-Julien, it is classified second great wine with the classification of 1855.

History of the field

The first traces of the field would go back to the 13th century. The castle will be during several centuries the property of the Bergeron family until 1720. The castle passes in 1795 pennies the control of the Ducru family, whose field takes the name then. Bertrand Ducru then undertakes to deeply modify the castle (with the assistance of the architect Paul Abadie) and the installations wine (new wine storehouses). The dedication of these efforts will be done with the attribution of statute of second great wine to the classification of 1855. In 1866, the castle is sold with the family of Nathaniel Johnston (1836-1914), a wine merchant and faience manufacturer of Bordeaux, mayor and deputy of Saint-Julien. The financial crisis of 1929 obliges Johnston to sell the field with the Desbarats family which after only twelve years must yield it to the Borie family, which after three generations is always owner of the castle.

The soil

Ducru-Beaucaillou encepagement owes its name with large low register stones of Günz having a thickness from 6 to 8 Mr. is to 70% in Cabernet-sauvignon and 30% Merlot, with the will not to use the Petit verdot or the frank Cabernet. The vines have an average age 35 years, and are planted in very strong density (10 000 pieds/ha).

Wine

Ducru-Beaucaillou also produces a second wine the Cross of Beaucaillou .

Years

Very great years of Ducru-Beaucaillou: 1953,1961,1970,1982,1995,2000.

External bond

Official site of Ducru-Beaucaillou.