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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.

1983 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

RP  91   
MB  ***/*   

1984 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

1984 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  98   
RP  93   

1986 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  100   
ST  97+    
WS  96   
JR  16   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   
2 available
Bid *

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1992 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  89-90   

2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

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

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   
2 available
Bid *

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

6.0ltr

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18   
5 available
Bid *

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  100   
RP  97+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18   
4 available
Bid *

2009 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  91   
7 available
Bid *

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  91   
3 available
Bid *

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91   

1979 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

9 available
Bid *

1979 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage

JD  97   
WA  96   
DE  95   
JS  93   
CT  93.4   
WS  91   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
MB  ***