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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Ducru-Beaucaillou 1998

LWIN 100947919980100750 · last updated

Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

92 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 91 from 5 critics
Community evidence
Community 92 from 13 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

Method wine_score_v2 · how we score

Region Vintage

We hold no region-vintage score for this appellation and year yet.

Not part of the Wine Score.

Drinking window

2005now 20262034
Good to open now. The window runs 2005 to 2034. Estimated — no published window for this wine. Modelled from held on the release record with no stated source.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£64£135

Median £100 · 2026-08

Our own summary of 2 offers at 2 merchants. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed — may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-08-15. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£55£144£552,
5x75cl × 5£55£144£552,
6x75cl × 6£55£144£552,
9x75cl × 9£55£144£552,
11x75cl × 11£55£144£552,
12x75cl × 12£55£144£552,
6x150cl × 6,,,0,

Critic scores

  • 92/100Neal Martin Neal Martin · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 92/100Stephen TanzerStephen Tanzer · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 92/100Neal Martin Neal Martin · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Scores on different scales are not interchangeable: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim, so we never average across scales.

25 further critic scores are not included at this tier.

Where to buy

Retail route

2 observations from 2 venues, £55–£144 per 750ml. A shelf price is transactable today, no bidding, no premium.

Live retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice per 750ml
Cru market · Source not recorded · £144per 750ml
Cru sell · Source not recorded · £55per 750ml

Auction route

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