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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.

2006 Château LaGrange

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  90   
ST  90   
JR  17+    

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

3-bottle Horizontal

2021 Château Branaire-Ducru

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  94   
JS  94-95   
DE  94   
VN  92   
JD  90   

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

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2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

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2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

3-bottle Horizontal

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2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

WS  100   
MB  *****   
RP  98+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18.5   
WS  #5 of 2003   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  96   
WS  93   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly depressed cork

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98   
WE  98   
WS  97   
CT  95.4   
JR  17   

2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98   
WE  98   
WS  97   
CT  95.4   
JR  17   

1970 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1986 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
JR  16   

2019-2021 Château Branaire-Ducru

3-bottle Vertical

1997 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   
ST  90   
JR  16+    

2010 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  98   
ST  94+    
CT  94.2   
WS  93   
JR  18   

2010 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  94+    
CT  94.2   
WS  93   
JR  18   

1983 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

CC  18.5   
MB  ****   

2020 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

VN  98+    
JS  98   
JD  98   
WA  97+    
WS  96   
JR  17.5+    

1989 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

DE  ***   

1998 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  92+    

2001 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  94   
RP  93   
ST  93   
JR  17