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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.

2005 Château Gloria

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  89-91   
JR  17   

2018 Château Gloria

JS  94   
JD  94   
WS  93   
VN  93   
WA  92   
JR  16.5   

1987 Château Talbot

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

1987 Domaine du Jaugaret

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

2019 Château Langoa-Barton

Light label condition issue

WA  94+    
WS  93   

2020 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  97   
VN  96   
JS  94   
WA  93+    

2020 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WS  95   
VN  95   
JR  17.5+    
WS  #25 of 2023   

2018 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
JD  97   
WA  94+    
VN  94   
JR  18   

1975 Château Talbot

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

1975 Château Talbot

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

1975 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1975 Château Talbot

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

2018 Château Leoville-Barton

WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
JD  97   
WA  94+    
VN  94   
JR  18   

1978 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

WS  91   

2015 Château Leoville-Barton

Label condition issue

JD  97   
VN  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
JR  18   

2005 Château Leoville-Barton

WS  96   
ST  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

2009 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  93+    
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   
WS  #6 of 2012   

2018 Château Leoville-Poyferre

JD  100   
WA  97   
WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
VN  95   
JR  19   
WS  #7 of 2021   

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   

1961 Château Talbot

375ml

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

MB  *****   

1961 Château Talbot

375ml

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

2002 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  93+    

2010 Château Leoville-Barton

Label condition issue

WE  100   
JS  97   
RP  96+    
WS  96   
ST  94+    
JR  17.5+