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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Ducru-Beaucaillou 1988

LWIN 100947919880100750 · last updated

Scores

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

Wine Score

91 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 89 from 4 critics
Community evidence
Community 91 from 94 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

1996now 20262025
Past the window, which closed in 2025. Estimated — no published window for this wine. Modelled from held on the release record with no stated source.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£1,029£1,105

Median £178 · 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£1,020£1,114£1702,
2x75cl × 2£1,020£1,114£1702,
3x75cl × 3£1,020£1,114£1702,
4x75cl × 4£1,020£1,114£1702,
5x75cl × 5£1,020£1,114£1702,
6x75cl × 6£1,020£1,114£1702,
12x75cl × 12£1,020£1,114£1702,
1x150cl,,,0,
1x300cl,,,0,
1x600cl,,,0,

Critic scores

  • 92/100Gillian Sciaretta Gillian Sciaretta · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 92/100Gillian Sciaretta Gillian Sciaretta · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 92/100Gillian Sciaretta Gillian Sciaretta · 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.

27 further critic scores are not included at this tier.

Where to buy

Retail route

2 observations from 2 venues, £170–£186 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 · £186per 750ml
Cru buy · Source not recorded · £170per 750ml

Auction route

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