Château Branaire-Ducru
- Red
- France
- Saint-Julien
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Petit Verdot
- Carménère
- Tracked vintages
- 59
- Community notes
- 1,868
- Merchant offers
- 519
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 95/ 1002025 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 89/ 1001,868 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £32per 75 cl2023 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2024
- Drinking window
- 2002–2017past its window1999 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 899 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Bordeaux Saint-Julien.
- Body3.8 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity4.2 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.9 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.6 / 5
- DrySweet
- Oak · oak, tobacco, vanilla, cedar, chocolate
- Black fruit · blackcurrant, blackberry, cassis, black fruit, plum
- Earth · leather, earthy, smoke, graphite, forest floor
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, raspberry, strawberry, red currant
- Spice · pepper, licorice, mint, anise, savory
- Floral · violet, perfume, lavender, dried rose, rose petal
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Carménère. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
1982One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2023
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202595criticunit not stated
- 202492criticunit not stated
- 202394critic£32 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2024
- 202296critic£32 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2026
- 202193criticunit not stated
- 202094critic£28 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, November 2025
- 201995critic£27 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2026
- 201894critic£40 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025
- 201792critic£25 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024
- 201694critic£42 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2024
- 201593critic£43 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2026
- 201491critic£48 / 75cl6000 ml in-bond trade, July 2024
- 201386critic£36 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, November 2018
- 201291critic£33 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2018
- 201190critic£37 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, March 2018
- 201093critic£60 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2023
- 200993critic£161 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, September 2024
- 200892critic£52 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026
- 200790criticunit not stated
- 200690criticunit not stated
- 200594critic£97 / 75cl2-bottle in-bond trade, December 2024
- 200490critic£39 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017
- 200393criticunit not stated
- 200290criticunit not stated
- 200191critic£60 / 75cl3000 ml in-bond trade, February 2017
- 200093critic£85 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2022
- 199990critic£47 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017
- 199889critic£48 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017
- 199787drinkersunit not stated
- 199689critic£43 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2017
- 199589criticunit not stated
- 199488drinkersunit not stated
- 1993unit not stated
- 199087drinkers£78 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2023
- 198989drinkersunit not stated
- 198883drinkersunit not stated
- 198687drinkersunit not stated
- 198587drinkersunit not stated
- 198380drinkersunit not stated
- 198293drinkers£90 / 75cl2-bottle in-bond trade, February 2020
- 1981unit not stated
- 1978unit not stated
- 1977unit not stated
- 197683drinkersunit not stated
- 1975unit not stated
- 1971unit not stated
- 197086drinkersunit not stated
- 196688criticunit not stated
- 1962unit not stated
- 1955unit not stated
- 1953unit not stated
- 1949unit not stated
- 1938unit not stated
- 1934unit not stated
- 1924unit not stated
- 1916unit not stated
- 1906unit not stated
- Past its windowits window has closed
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2022
- 96 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2017
- £25 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | £32 | 93.9 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2024 |
| 2022 | £32 | 96.1 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2026 |
| 2020 | £28 | 93.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, November 2025 |
| 2019 | £27 | 94.7 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2026 |
| 2018 | £40 | 94.2 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025 |
| 2017 | £25 | 91.8 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024 |
| 2016 | £42 | 94.1 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2024 |
| 2015 | £43 | 93.4 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2026 |
| 2014 | £48 | 90.7 | — | per 75cl, from a 6000 ml in-bond trade, July 2024 |
| 2013 | £36 | 85.9 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, November 2018 |
| 2012 | £33 | 90.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2018 |
| 2011 | £37 | 90.2 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, March 2018 |
| 2010 | £60 | 93.1 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2023 |
| 2009 | £161 | 93.4 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, September 2024 |
| 2008 | £52 | 91.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026 |
| 2005 | £97 | 93.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 2-bottle in-bond trade, December 2024 |
| 2004 | £39 | 89.8 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017 |
| 2001 | £60 | 91.4 | — | per 75cl, from a 3000 ml in-bond trade, February 2017 |
| 2000 | £85 | 92.6 | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, December 2022 |
| 1999 | £47 | 89.5 | No | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017 |
| 1998 | £48 | 89 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2017 |
| 1996 | £43 | 89.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2017 |
| 1990 | £78 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, September 2023 |
| 1982 | £90 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 2-bottle in-bond trade, February 2020 |
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