Château Branaire-Ducru

1 Chem. de Bourdieu, 33250 Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, France

Categories
Notable Producers
Location
The Médoc - Saint-Julien
Château Branaire-Ducru covers 60ha, with vines are spread across the south of the appellation. Owned by the Maroteaux family since 1988, the wines are as elegant as the 19th century château and as aromatic as their famous rose collection.
The impressive gravity-fed cellar, introduced for the 2021 vintage, with suspended stainless vats is a textbook example of how the best Bordeaux properties combine traditional methods and the latest technology. Worth hanging onto for a few years before opening if you can resist temptation.