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St.-Julien

Saint-Julien is the smallest of the four main Médoc appellations with 2,175 acres of vineyards. It is just south of Pauillac on the left bank of the Gironde, and although it has no First Growth châteaux, its 11 Classified Growth estates are widely admired. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that winemaking in Saint-Julien from all classifications “is consistently both distinctive and brilliant.” He adds it is Médoc’s “most underrated commune.” The best-known estates are Léoville Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville Poyferré, Léoville Barton and Gruaud Larose, and most of those have riverside estates. The soil in this appellation is gravelly with clay. Cabernet Sauvignon is the main grape grown, and it is blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and sometimes small amounts of Petit Verdot.

1986 Château Gruaud-Larose

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  96   
JR  17.5   
DE  ****   

2016 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WA  95+    
JS  94   
WE  94   
WS  93   
VN  92   
JR  17   

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   
3 available
Bid *

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   

1970 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   
2 available
Bid *

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   
2 available
Bid *

1989 Château Beychevelle

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Very top shoulder fill

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17   
6 available
Bid *

1989 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1989 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17   

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; depressed cork

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   

2003 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork

WS  98   
RP  96   
JD  96   
WE  95   
ST  93   
JR  17   
WS  #3 of 2006   

1999 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light capsule condition issue

WA  93   
JR  16   

1999 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WA  93   
JR  16   

2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  98   
WS  95   
ST  92   
JR  16   
WS  #17 of 2006   
4 available
Bid *

2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  98   
WS  95   
ST  92   
JR  16   
WS  #17 of 2006   
2 available
Bid *

2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  98   
WS  95   
ST  92   
JR  16   
WS  #17 of 2006   

2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  95   
ST  92   
JR  16   
WS  #17 of 2006   

2000 Château Gruaud-Larose

Lightly elevated cork

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93   
CT  92.9   
JR  17.5   
WS  #59 of 2003