Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 CS20230804 Les Faconnieres sits mid-slope in

Les Faconnieres sits mid-slope in Morey-Saint-Denis

the kind of bottle you reach for when you want something honest and unfussy on a Tuesday night

more crystalline expression: citrus

with enough structure to sit at the dinner table all night rather than disappear before the food arrives

Bright and intensely fruity

Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2006 CS20230804 Les Faconnieres sits mid-slope inA 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