Ducru Beaucaillou - St. Julien 2001

Ducru Beaucaillou - St. Julien 2001

This is a bouquet that demands attention and in this blind tasting

The caressing and wonderfully vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess better mid-palate density before concluding in a lingering

earth and violet-scented nose

The finish narrows just a bit and it is this aspect that ultimately prevents this otherwise gorgeous effort from meriting a higher overall score

There is fine richness and volume to the delicious

There is a highly seductive mouth feel to the velvet-textured

Dense ruby/purple in color

graphite and floral notes are followed by a wine of great depth

and coffee

Both 2013s are clearly the finest Eisele wines made under the administration of François Pinault and his top lieutenant

it was a bit tight

refined and lacy medium weight flavors that deliver excellent length on the balanced and beautifully persistent if slightly warm finale