Saint Julien

The 2018 La Réserve de Léoville-Barton is effusive and boisterous right out of the gate. The estate's second wine offers tons of immediacy, with scents of blueberry, pencil shavings, lavender and menthol op...(read more)

Incomparable scent!. A lot of Merlot in Langoa this year, and the open, sweet juicy gorgeousness of it can probably be put down to this. Very aromatic, fluidly elegant, full of very pure flavour. Complex and interesting,...(read more)

Lovely developed rich nose, very pure. Some genuine richness, round, layered. Dense with purple fruit. Tannic but in a nicely crunchy way and still juicy at the end. Quite high-toned, it has natural drive and is juicy an...(read more)

Light nose, lightish wine. Not the level of charm one might (vainly, in recent years) hope for - but elegant and fruity.

There's depth here. On the nose the cool dryness of a shady corner on a hot day. Leaf and fresh scents of violet and blossom. Hedgerow fruit in cool air. On palate there is flashy purple fruit in a cool, thick elixir-lik...(read more)