One can't say enough about the efforts Bruno Borie is pouring into this wonderful estate that I have often called the Lafite Rothschild of St.-Julien. An undeniable success, the 2004 Ducru boasts sweet aromas of creme de cassis, spring flowers, pain grille, licorice, and road tar. This pure, medium-bodied wine possesses moderately high tannin, superb concentration, good sweetness, and low acidity. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25 years. Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate 93 points

Ruby-red. Cool, vibrant aromas of black cherry, menthol, lead pencil and coconutty oak. Dense, pliant and fine-grained, with lovely sweetness of dark fruit flavor, and a hint of crystallized berries. Possesses less muscle than the 2005 but this is in a similar style. Finishes sweet, classy and quite long. Showing very well today. I note that I referred to this vintage last spring as in a "distinctly modern style." The 2005, with its riper fruit. appears to go a step further.

Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 28 notes)

Rating: 92/100 - As reviewed by Wine & Spirits Magazine on 10/07.

Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate.

91-93/100