Brand: Chateau Branaire Ducru
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2020
Rating: 96
JS96: Plenty of blackberry, blueberry, lead pencil and violet aromas here that follow through to a full body, with ultra-fine tannins that run the length of the wine. So integrated and polished.Changes a lot in the glass. Thoughtful young red. Try after 2027.
VM95+: The 2020 Branaire-Ducru was so alluring en primeur, but is very shy today. That said, some of that youthful exuberance has given way to the characteristic Brainaire finesse. Dark red cherry, spice, grilled herbs, menthol a licorice emerge, but only with great reluctance. Sweet floral and spice notes lift the finish nicely. The 2020 is goin need the better part of a decade to come around