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    Château Ducru Beaucaillou

    Nov 06, 2019 3 minutes

    2020 marks 17 years since Bruno Borie took over as head of Ducru Beaucaillou, the 75-hectare château that has been in his family, and lived in by each successive generation, since 1941. It also marks 300 years since the founding of the property in 1720.

    Ducru Beaucaillou sits along the Garonne river as it widens into the Gironde estuary in the much-loved appellation of St Julien. It was classified as a 2nd growth in the legendary 1855

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