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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.

2010 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  94+    
CT  94.2   
WS  93   
JR  18   

2019 Château Leoville-Poyferre

JD  98   
VN  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
JS  95   
CT  94.3   
JR  17.5+    

2019 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Lightly elevated cork

JD  98   
VN  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
JS  95   
CT  94.3   
JR  17.5+    

1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

WS  91   

1981 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

1983 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ***   

1983 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ***   

1985 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

RP  90   
MB  ****   
DE  ****   

1986 Château Gruaud-Larose

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  96   
JR  17.5   
DE  ****   

1988 Château Gruaud-Larose

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1988 Château Beychevelle

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   
MB  ***   

1988 Château Beychevelle

Label condition issue

WS  90   
MB  ***   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Very top shoulder fill

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   

1989 Château Beychevelle

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   

2009 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JS  96   
RP  93   
WS  92   
CT  92   
ST  91+    

2016 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WA  95+    
JS  94   
WE  94   
WS  93   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2018 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

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

2020 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  97   
VN  96   
JS  94   
WA  93+    

1982 Château Talbot

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

DE  *****   
RP  95   
CT  93.4   
JR  17.5   

1986 Château Talbot

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

RP  96   
WS  91   
DE  ***   

1989 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

DE  ***   

1989 Château Talbot

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

DE  ***   

1989 Château Talbot

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

DE  ***