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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.

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2000 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  92+    

2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WA  91-93   

1998 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1998 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

2000 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  90   
JR  17.5   

2001 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light capsule condition issue

WE  95   
RP  90   
WS  90   
ST  90   

2009 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  100   
ST  95   
JS  95+    
WS  93   
JR  17.5   

2018 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

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

1982 Château Gruaud-Larose

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

RP  98   
VN  96   
WS  94   
ST  94   
JR  18   
DE  ****   

1985 Château Gruaud-Larose

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****   
DE  ****   

1986 Château Gruaud-Larose

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
JR  17.5   
DE  ****   

2001 Château Gruaud-Larose

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WE  94   
WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17   

2009 Château Beychevelle

JS  96   
RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  91+    

2018 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
WE  95   
JS  94   
VN  92   
JR  16.5   

2000 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  89-91   
JR  17+    

2003 Château Branaire-Ducru

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
JS  94   
WS  93   
VN  92   
ST  92   
WE  91   
JR  15.5   

2019 Château Saint-Pierre

1997 Clos du Marquis

1997 Clos du Marquis

Light label condition issue