Branaire-Ducru's One-of-a-Kind St.-Julien

A longtime winemaker and a new state-of-the-art cellar produced another distinctive success for the historic Bordeaux estate

Château Branaire-Ducru winery at night in Bordeaux's St.-Julien region.
St.-Julien's Château Branaire-Ducru now has a gleaming state-of-the-art winemaking facility.

Bordeaux's annual en primeur campaign is underway. Wine Spectator's James Molesworth is tasting the 2023 wines from barrel at some of the region's top estates and sharing his tasting notes. At Branaire-Ducru in St.-Julien, the new barrel sample and the 2022 in bottle are a pair of Cabernets to watch.

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