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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.

2010 Les Fiefs de Lagrange

WS  90   
JR  15.5   
2 available
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2009 La Croix de Beaucaillou

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
WS  91   
VN  87-90   

2009 La Croix de Beaucaillou

RP  91   
WS  91   
VN  87-90   

2015 La Croix de Beaucaillou

WA  91-93   

1975 Château Talbot

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

2000 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  89-91   
JR  17+    
2 available
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2000 Château Talbot

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  89-91   
JR  17+    

1982 Château Leoville-Poyferre

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

RP  95   
JR  18.5   
ST  91   
WS  90   
2 available
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1996 Château Leoville-Poyferre

RP  93   
ST  91   
WS  90   
JR  17.5   
3 available
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1998 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1998 Château Leoville-Poyferre

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

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   

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

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue

RP  100   
ST  97+    
WS  96   
JR  16   

1988 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

WS  95   
RP  92   
MB  */***   
2 available
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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; 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   

1994 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light capsule condition issue

RP  93   
3 available
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1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

1999 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

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

2003 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

Light label condition issue

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