Le Petit Ducru de Ducru-Beaucaillou 2019 Saint-Julien (75cl)

Le Petit Ducru is the second wine of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, a Second Growth in Saint-Julien. The 2019 vintage was warm, usually meaning riper fruit and a fuller feel than a cooler year. It can be opened now, with a few more years ahead if preferred. Saint-Julien reds usually combine Margaux-like perfume with more structure, showing cassis and cedar, and a warm vintage tends to give riper, more generous fruit.