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

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1985 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  98   
RP  93   

1986 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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Capsule condition issue

RP  100   
ST  97+    
WS  96   
JR  16   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1993 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1999 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  93   
ST  93+    
JR  17.5   

2017 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

JS  98   
VN  97+    
WA  96   
WS  96   
WE  96   
JR  17   

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

2016 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

JD  100   
JS  97   
VN  96-98   
WA  95   
JR  17   

2009 La Croix de Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
WS  91   
VN  87-90   

2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WA  91-93   

1983 Château Leoville-Barton

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

WS  90   

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   

2000 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95+    
ST  94   
JR  18   

2003 Château Leoville-Barton

Light label condition issue

WS  98   
RP  96   
JD  96   
WE  95   
ST  93   
JR  17   
WS  #3 of 2006   

2015 Château Leoville-Barton

Label condition issue

JD  97   
VN  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
JR  18   

2016 Château Leoville-Barton

WS  97   
JD  96+    
WA  95+    
VN  95   
WS  #1 of 2019   

2016 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork

WS  97   
JD  96+    
WA  95+    
VN  95   
WS  #1 of 2019