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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.

1979 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

CT  91.1   
2 available
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1994 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

RP  93   
2 available
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1995 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  94+    
2 available
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2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  100   
MB  *****   
RP  98+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18.5   
WS  #5 of 2003   
2 available
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1999 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  91   
2 available
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2000 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  92+    
2 available
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2006 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork

WS  94   
WE  94   
WA  92   
ST  91+    
JR  16   
WS  #64 of 2009   
2 available
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2016 Château Leoville-Barton

WS  97   
JD  96+    
WA  95+    
VN  95   
WS  #1 of 2019   
2 available
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1990 La Reserve de Leoville Barton

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2 available
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1999 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light capsule condition issue

WA  93   
JR  16   
2 available
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2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  95   
ST  92   
JR  16   
WS  #17 of 2006   
2 available
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1978 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

WS  91   
2 available
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1978 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

WS  91   
2 available
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1978 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   
2 available
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2000 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93   
CT  92.9   
JR  17.5   
WS  #59 of 2003   
2 available
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2003 Château Gruaud-Larose

WS  92   
2 available
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2016 Château Gruaud-Larose

WA  94   
JS  94   
WE  94   
WS  93   
VN  93   
JR  17   
2 available
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2016 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WA  95+    
JS  94   
WE  94   
WS  93   
VN  92   
JR  17   
2 available
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2022 Château Beychevelle

JD  97+    
VN  96   
JS  95   
WA  94   
WS  94   
WE  94   
CT  94.1   
JR  17.5   
2 available
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1982 Château Branaire-Ducru

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; top shoulder fill

RP  93   
2 available
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1989 Château Branaire-Ducru

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  92   
VN  91   
WS  90   
2 available
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1990 Château Langoa-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  92   
2 available
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1990 Château Langoa-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

WA  92   
2 available
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1990 Chevalier de Gruaud

2 available
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1979 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

CT  91.1   
3 available
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