La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou 2024

A big jump up in depth and quality on the aromatics from Madame de Beaucaillou; here you get unmistakable mid-palate weight and texture, with juice and salinity on the finish, 3.7pH. Harvest ran from 23 September to 8 October. 60% new oak (in 2022 it was 80%). Good stuff from the Ducru team, delivering an earlier-drinking vintage of this wine that maintains the estate signature.