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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

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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+    

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   

1994 Château Leoville-Barton

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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

CT  91.4   
RP  90   
WS  90   

2002-2003 Château Leoville-Poyferre

2-bottle Vertical

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1989 Château Branaire-Ducru

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

RP  92   
VN  91   
WS  90