Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2017 Sovex opulent fruit

opulent fruit

while the rest have been converted to the much lower French guyot system

Dominique Cornin (pictured) and his son Romain run their small estate organically

along the ancient Tiber Road

and flowers

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, La Croix Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint-Julien 2017 Sovex opulent fruitThe wines of La Croix Ducru Beaucaillou come from the vineyard of Chteau Ducru Beaucaillou. This exceptional Mdoc terroir is situated between the Gironde River to the east, the centre and the west of the Saint Julien appellation. The estate owes its name to its beautiful pebbles ("beaux cailloux", in French) which, because of their high quartz content, make for soils that are poor in plant nutrients. It is precisely this agrological paucity, as the