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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.

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Château Leoville-Las-Cases, Cos d'Estournel

3-bottle Horizontal

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   

1981 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

CT  90.2   
3 available
Bid *

1982 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  95+    
WS  95   
ST  95   
JR  18+    
MB  ***/*   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  95+    
WS  95   
ST  95   
JR  18+    
MB  ***/*   

1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  98   
RP  93   
2 available
Bid *

1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  98   
RP  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1992 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  89-90   
2 available
Bid *

1992 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  89-90   

1994 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

RP  93   
2 available
Bid *

1995 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  94+    

2001 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

WS  94   
RP  93   
ST  93   
JR  17   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Base neck fill

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***