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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.

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

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1970 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91   

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  91   

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91   

1983 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

CC  18.5   
MB  ****   

1986 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
JR  16   

1989 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WS  91   

1996 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue

RP  96   
ST  94+    
WS  91   
JS  90   

2001 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork

WA  92   
WS  92   
ST  91   
JR  17.5   

2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  95+    
WS  92   
ST  92+    
JR  17   

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   

1986 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

WA  94   
RP  92   
WS  90   
DE  ****   

1988 Château Leoville-Barton

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
VN  92   
JR  17.5   

1989 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1990 Château Leoville-Barton

RP  93+    
WS  93   
JR  18   

1990 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  93+    
WS  93   
JR  18   

1990 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  93+    
WS  93   
JR  18   

1990 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  93+    
WS  93   
JR  18   

1994 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

CT  91.4   
RP  90   
WS  90   

1994 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

CT  91.4   
RP  90   
WS  90   

1994 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

CT  91.4   
RP  90   
WS  90   

1995 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  91   
ST  91   
JR  17   

1995 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

WS  94   
RP  91   
ST  91   
JR  17