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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.

2020 Château Leoville-Las-Cases, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande, Cos d'Estournel

3-bottle Horizontal

See item details for bottle notes

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   
5 available
Bid *

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  95+    
WS  95   
ST  95   
JR  18+    
MB  ***/*   

1982 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  95+    
WS  95   
ST  95   
JR  18+    
MB  ***/*   

1982 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

RP  95+    
WS  95   
ST  95   
JR  18+    
MB  ***/*   

1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  98   
RP  93   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2004 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  95   
WE  95   
RP  93   
ST  90+    
JR  17.5   
WS  #6 of 2007   
3 available
Bid *

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  97+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18   

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1.5ltr

WS  100   
RP  97+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18   

2010 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

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

2016 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WA  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
CT  97.9   
JR  19   
11 available
Bid *

2016 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly depressed cork

WA  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
CT  97.9   
JR  19   

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WA  98   
WS  98   
JS  98   
VN  97   
JD  97+    
JR  18.5+    
14 available
Bid *

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

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

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

3.0ltr

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

1986 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

RP  100   
ST  97+    
WS  96   
JR  16   

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   

1996, 2006, 2016 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

3-bottle Vertical, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

See item details for bottle notes; Released from the Chateau in 2024

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Lightly depressed cork

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

1978 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

RP  91