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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-Las-Cases

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

2020 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

VN  98+    
JS  98   
JD  98   
WA  97+    
WS  96   
JR  17.5+    

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91   

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

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

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

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

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Lightly elevated cork

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

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  ***   

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

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

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

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

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

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

1982 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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

1985 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  92   

2011 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

CT  92.7   
RP  92+    
VN  91   

2014 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WA  96   
JD  96   
WS  95   
VN  95   
JR  17   

2015 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WA  97   
WS  97   
WS  #84 of 2018   

2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98   
WE  98   
WS  97   
CT  95.4   
JR  17   

2018 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

WE  100   
JS  99   
WA  98   
JD  98+    
VN  96+    
CT  95.8   
JR  17.5   

2019 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
VN  98   
JS  98   
WA  96+    

1996 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

RP  96   
ST  94+    
WS  91   
JS  90   

2005 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  97   
WS  95   
JS  95   
ST  94   

1983 Château Leoville-Barton

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

WS  90   

1983 Château Leoville-Barton

Label condition issue

WS  90   

1989 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17