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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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1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   

1978 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill

WS  94   
CT  90.9   
RP  90   
MB  ****   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   

1989 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WS  96   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1990 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

1997 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   
ST  90   
JR  16+    

2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

WS  100   
MB  *****   
RP  98+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18.5   
WS  #5 of 2003   

2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  100   
MB  *****   
RP  98+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18.5   
WS  #5 of 2003   

2002 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  93+    

2002 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  93+    

2005 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

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

2009 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

JS  99   
RP  98+    
WS  98   
ST  95+    
JR  17+    

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

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

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Lightly depressed cork

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

2019 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

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

2020 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

VN  98+    
JS  98   
JD  98   
WA  97+    
WS  96   
JR  17.5+    

2021 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

WE  98   
DE  97   
WA  96+    
JS  96-97   
JD  95   
WS  94   
VN  94   

2000 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; Light case condition issue

WS  100   
MB  *****   
RP  98+    
ST  95+    
CT  95   
JR  18.5   
WS  #5 of 2003   

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

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1970 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   

1970 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91