Madame de Beaucaillou - Haut-Médoc 2022

Alexandre Ma

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byAlexandre Mathe3/10/2025

In recent years, Madame de Beaucaillou has become increasingly juicy and refreshing, always providing a clear and lively gustatory experience. The natural sweetness of a high proportion of Merlot, coupled with ideal acidity, endows this wine with a smooth texture. I am particularly fond of the powdery tannins on the finish, as well as the notes of licorice and cinnamon. If one were to enjoy such a “smooth” beauty in a bar, it’s likely that one would unknowingly finish an entire bottle.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

90

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

From the winemaking team at Château Ducru Beaucaillou, this wine's full title is Madame de Beaucaillou, Hommage à Madame Eugène Borie (owner Bruno Borie's mother), and is drawn from 55ha across the appellation, 35ha of Listrac, 11ha of Cussac Fort Medoc and the rest Moulis, all declassified into Haut-Médoc. It's a success in 2022, and you'll see some of the glamour of the mother ship Ducru although expect the full concentration of the year. Plenty of Left Bank signature here, black fruits riven through the spice notes. 29hl/h yields.

The Wine Cellar Insider

92

byJeff Levethe3/4/2025

Madame de Beaucaillou

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

The 2022 Madame De Beaucaillou (66% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Petit Verdot) is brilliant, with a dense ruby/plum hue as well as powerful aromatics of crème de cassis, ripe black cherries, spicy wood, and smoky tobacco. This rich, medium to full-bodied, layered, concentrated beauty way over-delivers. Drink bottles over the coming decade or so.

Yvesbeck.wine

90

byYves Beckthe2/25/2025

66% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot ?Élevage 100 % en barriques (dont 25 % neuves) pour ce vin issu de vignes réparties entre Listrac, Moulis et Cussac. Le bouquet est de bonne intensité et révèle des notes fruitées, tandis que l'élevage apparaît en arrière-plan. Légèrement crémeux en attaque, le vin est compact et porté par des tannins puissants, mais bien intégrés. Leur austérité assure la fraîcheur et la persistance de la finale. Un vin prometteur qui demande à s'assouplir quelque peu et que l'on pourra déjà apprécier dans sa jeunesse. 2026-2034 90/100 ?

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou has a fresh bouquet with a minerally black fruit aroma. It has fine delineation and is quite open. The palate is medium-bodied with a little more grip than I remember out of barrel. This is quite a powerful Madame that will require two or three years in bottle.

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

Intense and deeply colored, with lots of violets, fresh blue fruit, blackberries and minerals. Really flavorful, with precise tannins and lovely firmness without chewiness. Long and concentrated but fresh and energetic. 66% merlot, 23% cabernet sauvignon and 11% petit verdot. Drink from 2028.

Vinous

92

byAntonio Gallonithe1/28/2025

The 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou is an elegant, polished wine. Crushed flowers, bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, cinnamon and white pepper are all beautifully lifted. Mid-weight and gracious, with terrific purity, the Madame de Beaucaillou is a gorgeous wine from proprietor Bruno Borie and his team at Ducru-Beaucaillou.

Decanter.com

89

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

Smells lovely, highly fragrant and open, expressive and generous. Sleek and slightly tense, a lovely focus and straightness though succulent too with black fruits, almost salty, firm tannins and an ample mouthfeel. High acidity offset by menthol, liquorice and clove spice. Juicy and approachable but still with bite and grip and Médoc typicity. 3.66pH. 95 IPT. Ageing 12 months oak, 30% new - a little higher than last year.

Alexandre Ma

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byAlexandre Mathe5/17/2023

In recent years, Madame de Beaucaillou has become increasingly juicy and refreshing, always providing a clear and lively gustatory experience. The natural sweetness of a high proportion of Merlot, coupled with ideal acidity, endows this wine with a smooth texture. I am particularly fond of the powdery tannins on the finish, as well as the notes of licorice and cinnamon. If one were to enjoy such a "smooth" beauty in a bar, it's likely that one would unknowingly finish an entire bottle.

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe5/17/2023

The 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou, aged in 25% new oak, is clean and precise on the nose with raspberry and wild strawberry scents. It's open and "playful". The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red fruit. This is an edgy Madame with fine mineralité and salinity emerging on the finish. Drink over the next decade.

The Vintage Journal

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byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Deep colour. Intense liquorice, elderberry, black currant fruits. With roasted chestnut notes. Well concentrated elderberry, blackcurrant fruits, grainy al dente textures, very good mid palate richness and density. Cutting acidity. Touch soupy. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc Petit Verdot) 15% alc

matthewjukes.com

16,5

byMatthew Jukesthe5/15/2023

The Wine Independent

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byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

A blend of 66% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Petit Verdot, the 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou is deep garnet-purple in color. It slips seductively out of the glass with opulent scents of black cherry compote, plum preserves, and Indian spices with hints of dried lavender and dusty soil. The medium to full-bodied palate is jam packed with bright black fruits, framed by plush tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and savory.

Jeb DUNNUCK

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byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

The 2022 Madame De Beaucaillou should be outstanding, as well as a smoking value in terrific Bordeaux. Based largely on Merlot, it has medium to full-bodied richness, beautiful darker cassis and blue fruits, some obvious minerality, building tannins, and outstanding length on the finish. It will drink nicely in its youth yet also have at least a decade of longevity.

Vinous

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byAntonio Gallonithe5/9/2023

The 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou is a very typical wine for the year. Plump, juicy and forward, the 2022 is charming right out of the gate. Succulent red cherry fruit, spice, rose petal and lavender notes are front and center. Plush, silky tannins wrap it all together. Bruno Borie’s Haut-Médoc is flat-out delicious. Drinking window : 2025-2034

The Wine Cellar Insider

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byJeff Levethe5/5/2023

Blackberries and flowers already show nicely in the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, fruity, round and soft, with a loads of plums and a hint of spice in the finish. The wine blends 66% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petit Verdot. 14.5% ABV. Drink from 2025-2033.

Wine Advocate

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byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

The 2022 Madame de Beaucaillou offers up aromas of dark berries, plums and pencil shavings, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy palate that's quite rich and concentrated, with a juicy core of fruit framed by youthfully chewy tannins. It's a blend of 66% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Petit Verdot.

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

Very intense with impressive blackberry and currant aromas and flavors. Medium to full body. Excellent concentration. Bright fruit. 66% merlot, 23% cabernet sauvignon and 11% petit verdot.