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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, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

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

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1981 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

1981 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  98   
RP  93   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Base neck fill

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill

RP  96   
WS  93   

1994 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

RP  93   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

1999 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  94   
ST  92   
RP  91   
JR  17   
DE  ****   
WS  #10 of 2002   
3 available
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1999 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
ST  92   
RP  91   
JR  17   
DE  ****   
WS  #10 of 2002   
3 available
Bid *

2002 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  93+    

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97+    
ST  95+    
JR  18   

2009 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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JS  99   
RP  98+    
WS  98   
ST  95+    
JR  17+    

2010 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  99   
JS  99   
RP  96+    
ST  95+    
JR  17.5   

2012 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WA  95   
WS  94   
VN  92-94   

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WA  98   
WS  98   
JS  98   
VN  97   
JD  97+    
JR  18.5+    

2016 Château Canon, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Château La Mission Haut Brion, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

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2009 Château Beychevelle, Château Leoville-Poyferre, Château Montrose

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1972 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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