Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 CS20231031 and wild aromas and flavors

and wild aromas and flavors

Biodynamic farming and certified organic agriculture underscore this domaine's commitment to expression through purity and freshness

this ouillé (sealed from oxygen) expression reveals the brilliance of unoaked Savagnin: round mouthfeel

The soil of limestone and marl is mixed with Oxfordian clay (Jurassic period)

notes of rose and hints of strawberry

Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 CS20231031 and wild aromas and flavorsThe 2001 Saint Julien vintage has always sat in the shadow of 2000 and 2005, which is exactly why bottles like this are still worth drinking the wines were classically built, never overripe, and have aged on a long, steady curve. Branaire Ducru's Fourth Growth, traditional style is a natural fit for this kind of vintage: now well into the secondary stage, with cedar and tobacco coming forward but plenty of fruit still in the mid palate. A drinking