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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.

2009 Amiral de Beychevelle

WA  91   
JS  91   

2018 Château Beychevelle

JD  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
WE  95   
JS  94   
VN  92   
JR  16.5   

2018 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
WE  95   
JS  94   
VN  92   
JR  16.5   

2014 Château Branaire-Ducru

Light label condition issue

WE  94   
WS  93   
JD  90   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1983 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

CC  18.5   
MB  ****   

1985 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  92   

1985 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  92   

1985 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   

1988 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   
MB  **/*   

2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98   
WE  98   
WS  97   
JR  17   

2017 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JS  98   
JD  98   
WA  96+    
VN  96   
WE  96   
WS  95   
JR  17.5   
3 available
Bid *

2018 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WE  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
JD  98+    
VN  96+    
JR  17.5   

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
JS  97   
VN  96-98   
WA  95   
JR  17   
3 available
Bid *

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
JS  97   
VN  96-98   
WA  95   
JR  17   

2005 Château Gloria

375ml

RP  90   
WS  89-91   
JR  17   
36 available
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2005 Château Gloria

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  89-91   
JR  17   

2014 Château Gloria

WE  95   
JS  94   
WS  91   
VN  91   
JR  15.5   
6 available
Bid *

2016 Château Gloria

VN  96   
WS  94   
JD  94   
WE  91   
8 available
Bid *

1978 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

WS  91