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Chateau Branaire Ducru 2024

Name: Chateau Branaire Ducru 2024
Brand: Chateau Branaire Ducru
SKU: ENP10128
Price: 67.52 NZD
Availability: InStock

First payment

$67.52

Estimated second payment: $ 16.99

Total estimated payment: $84.51

This wine is offered En Primeur, the first payment due in August this year. The second payment containing the duty, taxes and GST is due on arrival to New Zealand in two years time. The estimated second payment and estimated total are shown here once the wine is released and ready for request.

90-92/100William Kelley

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.

89-91/100 Thomas Parker MW

Mid ruby colour. The nose here is herbal and fresh, full of thyme, cedar and red berry fruit. The palate is built on al dente tannins and crunchy fruit. This is a sinewy, floral wine in 2024, finishing with herbs and wood spice in equal measure.

92-94/100 Antonio Galloni

The 2024 Branaire-Ducru is a super-classic Branaire. Medium in body and gracious, the 2024 is defined by its lifted aromatics and silky, polished tannins. The proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon is especially high in 2024, a sign that the fruit harvested on the later side benefited from better conditions, namely a lack of rain. The 2024 possesses lovely purity and exquisite balance. Floral top notes and a burst of red-toned fruit reappear on the finish to round things out in style. It will be especially fine if élevage softens the contours. This is a fine effort from proprietor Francois-Xavier Maroteau and longtime winemaker Jean-Dominique Videau. Tasted two times. Drink: 2032-2049

16+/20 James Lawther

Brambly, savoury nose. Supple fruit and finely integrated tannins. Touch of oak but clean and fresh on the finish. Well made. 2030–2042

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