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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.

1988 Château LaGrange

Base neck fill

WS  96   

1989 Château LaGrange

WS  94   
RP  90   
WS  #19 of 1992   
6 available
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1989 Château LaGrange

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  90   
WS  #19 of 1992   

1989 Château LaGrange

Elevated cork

WS  94   
RP  90   
WS  #19 of 1992   

2018 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
JD  97   
WA  94+    
VN  94   
JR  18   

2018 Château Leoville-Barton

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
JD  97   
WA  94+    
VN  94   
JR  18   

2015 Château Leoville-Poyferre

JD  97   
WE  96   
WS  95   
VN  95   
WA  94   
CT  93.4   
JR  18+    
2 available
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1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   
4 available
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1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

Depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

1985 Château Gruaud-Larose

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****   
DE  ****   

2005 Château Branaire-Ducru

Light label condition issue

ST  94   
RP  93   
WS  92   
CT  91.9   
JR  17.5   

2020 Château Leoville-Barton

JD  97+    
WS  96   
VN  96   
JS  96   
WE  96   
WA  95+    
JR  17.5+    

1987 Château Leoville-Barton

Light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

2019 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

WA  97   
WS  96   

2019 Château Leoville-Barton

WA  97   
WS  96   

2020 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

JD  97+    
WS  96   
VN  96   
JS  96   
WE  96   
WA  95+    
JR  17.5+    

1987 Château Gruaud-Larose

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1987 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light label condition issue

1990 Château Saint-Pierre

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1990 Château Saint-Pierre

Signs of past seepage; label condition issue

RP  90   

2010 Château Saint-Pierre

RP  97   
ST  94   

1998 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  91   
WS  90   
ST  90   
MB  ****   
7 available
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1998 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

RP  91   
WS  90   
ST  90   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *