1981 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 85 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1984
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
Somewhat understated in personality, the 1981 Branaire is quite successful, but forward, precociously supple, and fruity. The bouquet is already showing expansive, complex, chocolatey, cedary components. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted, 11/84.
1983 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 84 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1984
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
Somewhat soft for Branaire, with a medium-weight texture and relatively lush fruit, the 1983 is a moderately tannic, compact wine that is similar to the 1981 Branaire only less elegant and charming. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted, 6/84.
1986 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 88 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2003 - 2010
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 2003
Source Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition, The Wine Advocate
Tannins are likely to always dominate this vintage for Branaire. Dark garnet with an attractive bouquet of earth, minerals, cedar, spice, and currants, this wine remains firm and structured. Cedar, graphite, red currants, and mineral flavors are present in its medium-bodied presentation on the palate. Drink it over the next 6-8 years. Last tasted, 3/02.
1991 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 85 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1994 - 1999
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
I admire the charm, elegance, and sweet ripe fruit of Branaire's 1991. It is an elegant, stylish wine with adequate ripeness, medium body, a soft, velvety texture, and fine balance. Already delicious, it will drink well for 4-5 years. Last tasted 1/94
1992 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 82 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1992 - 1998
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
A spicy, light, vaguely fruity nose is followed by some evidence of ripe fruit, medium body, and low tannin. The wine delivers some oak-tinge, ripe berry/curranty fruit in a soft, easy-going style. Drink it during its first 4-6 years of life as a picnic or luncheon wine. Last tasted 11/94
1993 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 84 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1997 - 2006
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
This medium-bodied wine offers spicy, tea-like aromas, diluted, austere flavors, and enough tannin in the finish to make the wine's balance suspect. Anticipated maturity: now-2006. Last tasted 1/97
1993 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 84 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 1997 - 2006
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 1st Jan 1998
Source Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate
This medium-bodied wine offers spicy, tea-like aromas, diluted, austere flavors, and enough tannin in the finish to make the wine's balance suspect. Anticipated maturity: now-2006. Last tasted 1/97
1996 Branaire-Ducru
Rating 89 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2005 - 2018
Reviewed by Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date 23rd Apr 1999
Source 122, The Wine Advocate
1996: My concerns about the 1996 Branaire turning out too tannic were unfounded. Tasted three times out of bottle, it is a textbook Branaire, with a tell-tale floral, raspberry, and black currant-scented nose intermixed with minerals and floral nuances. Elegant and pure, with surprising lushness and sweet, well-integrated tannin, this medium-bodied, finesse-styled wine should be at its finest between 2005-2018.
2018 Branaire-Ducru
Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date 1st Apr 2021
Source End of March 2021, The Wine Advocate
Rating 93p
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2023 - 2043 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
The 2018 Branaire-Ducru has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and an upfront, expressive nose of baked black plums, boysenberries and Morello cherries with an undercurrent of dried mint, spice box and underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, the palate packs a very pleasant fruit wallop, featuring juicy black fruits and a firm, grainy frame, finishing long with lovely purity.