Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 1996 NO20231115 On the nose there is

On the nose there is crisp and at the same time ripe fruit

Dark chocolate

sophisticated

Hailing from the tropical shores of Goa

From the producer: Originating in Mexico

Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 1996 NO20231115 On the nose there isBranaire Ducru has long been the connoisseur's Saint Julien Fourth Growth pricing, classical winemaking, no flash. The 1996 vintage is now thirty years old and squarely in mature territory, made in one of those classic cool vintage years where ripe Cabernet held onto bracing Left Bank acidity. The result is everything you'd want from a fully resolved Mdoc: cedar, tobacco, dried red and black fruit, leather, and that beam of acidity keeping it lively.