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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.

2014 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork

WE  95   
WA  94   
WS  94   
VN  94   
JS  94   
JD  93   

1975 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1975 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

1975 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1975 Château Talbot

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

1975 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1978 Château Talbot

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

MB  ****   

1995 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
2 available
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2010 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
JS  94   
WE  93   
WS  91   
ST  91+    
JR  17   
2 available
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2009 Château Branaire-Ducru

Light label condition issue

JD  96   
WE  95   
WA  94+    
JS  94   
WS  93   
VN  93   
JR  16.5   
2 available
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2009 Château Branaire-Ducru

JD  96   
WE  95   
WA  94+    
JS  94   
WS  93   
VN  93   
JR  16.5   

1982 Château Lalande Borie

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

WS  91   
4 available
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1982 Château Lalande Borie

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

WS  91   
2 available
Bid *