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2025 Ch Branaire Ducru 4ème Cru St Julien - 6x75cl
06C5BRAD6PK _ 2025 - Ch Branaire Ducru 4ème Cru St Julien - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Branaire Ducru
  • Region St Julien
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2029 - 2049
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available En Primeur

2025 - Ch Branaire Ducru 4ème Cru St Julien - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Branaire Ducru
  • Region St Julien
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2029 - 2049
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available En Primeur
Case price: £186.00 In Bond
Please note: These wines are lying abroad until shipping and can only be purchased In Bond. If you are an existing Private Reserves customer, the wine will be automatically transferred on arrival. Otherwise, you will be contacted on arrival in the UK to arrange delivery, In Bond storage in Private Reserves or another bonded warehouse.
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  • Goedhuis Waddesdon, April 2026, Score: 93-95

    Wonderfully intense nose, a brilliant and pure expression of St Julien, full of rich cassis, plums and blackberries, with a touch of violets, cigar box and graphite. Fabulously perfumed, with a dark, salty mineral base layer on the palate, this is a succulent and sapid Branaire Ducru, precise and fine on the palate. A fantastically debonair Branaire, this will give immediate pleasure as well as aging magnificently.

  • Neal Martin, May 2026, Score: 93-95

    The 2025 Branaire-Ducru was cropped at 33 hl/ha, which is not too low in the context of the growing season, but the smallest since 1991. Picking was from September 4 with the early Merlots and finished September 22. The Merlot on clay soils was deemed high quality and therefore comprises a slightly higher percentage of the blend. It is aged in 60% new and 40% one-year-old barrels. This has a flattering bouquet with black plum and strawberry fruit, and a noticeable though agreeable powdered chocolate/mocha note at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannins, a fine bead of acidity, and hints of mocha and mint merging with black fruit. The finish is quite linear and understated, keeping within the style of the château. Very classy, this will give a lot of pleasure without too much cellaring. 13.2% alcohol. Drink 2020-2055

  • Wine Advocate, April 2026, Score: 94-96

    The 2025 Branaire-Ducru is a compelling wine in the making, revealing an open, refined bouquet of cassis, mulberries, spices, flowers and pencil lead, with its new oak largely remaining in the background. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s sapid and perfumed, built around a seamless, layered core of fruit framed by finely grained, velvety tannins and concluding with a long, fresh and precise finish. Matured in 65% new oak, this blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot and 6% Cabernet Franc captures the estate’s signature style—polished, balanced and texturally refined—while clearly reflecting the brightness and freshness of the vintage.

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Score: 94-96

    The 2025 Branaire-Ducru is a powerful wine with a darker fruit profile than most years. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, cloves and licorice open first. Floral overtones and brisk acids reappear to perk up the close. A clean, vibrant finish rounds things out in style. This is such a gorgeous and expressive wine. The 2025 is quite simply a fabulous Branaire. Tasted two times. Drink 2035-2065.

  • Jancis Robinson, May 2026, Score: 17/20

    62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot. Cask sample. Blackcurrant and blackcurran-leaf aromas. Fruit fresh and generous on the palate. Juicy, bright and lifted, the tannins finely honed and integrated. Should be GV. Drink 2030-2045

  • Goedhuis Waddesdon, April 2026, Score: 93-95

    Wonderfully intense nose, a brilliant and pure expression of St Julien, full of rich cassis, plums and blackberries, with a touch of violets, cigar box and graphite. Fabulously perfumed, with a dark, salty mineral base layer on the palate, this is a succulent and sapid Branaire Ducru, precise and fine on the palate. A fantastically debonair Branaire, this will give immediate pleasure as well as aging magnificently.

  • Jane Anson, April 2026, Score: 93

    Intense, knitted down with grilled cumin and cloves, sappy dark fruits, appellation typicity, an enjoyable enjoyable Brainaire. Yield 33 hl/ha. 60% new oak, François Xavier Maroteaux owner.

Producer

Château Branaire Ducru

Across the road from Beychevelle lies Château Branaire Ducru. Until 1988, the entire production was sold in France through the Nicolas chain of wine shops. A change in ownership fortunately also changed that policy and Branaire Ducru now takes its rightful place on the international marketplace. Like most Médoc wines, the core of the blend is Cabernet Sauvignon and intensive work in the vineyard ensures optimum ripeness. Ch...Read more

Across the road from Beychevelle lies Château Branaire Ducru. Until 1988, the entire production was sold in France through the Nicolas chain of wine shops. A change in ownership fortunately also changed that policy and Branaire Ducru now takes its rightful place on the international marketplace. Like most Médoc wines, the core of the blend is Cabernet Sauvignon and intensive work in the vineyard ensures optimum ripeness. Château Branaire Ducru aims for a balance of elegance and complexity - a trend which has been apparent since 1989, the vintage after its current owner, Patrick Maroteaux, purchased the château.Read less

Region

St Julien

St Julien is like the middle child of the Médoc - not as assertive as Pauillac or as coquettish as Margaux. It lies firmly between the two more outspoken communes and as a result produces a blend of them both. St Julien's wines have often been sought out by aficionados for their balance and consistency, particularly in the UK. Yet due to its middle child nature, it can occasionally be overlooked globally and as a result underrated by those markets outside the UK. Despite the fact that it has no first growths, it has several second growths including Léoville Las Cases, Léoville Barton, Léoville Poyferré and Ducru Beaucaillou as well as the celebrated châteaux such as Talbot and Beychevelle.

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