Saint Julien
Just south of Pauillac, St Julien is right in the heart of the Haut-Médoc. It may lack a Premier Grand Cru Classé estate but in the array of Léoville châteaux and the brace of Bartons it has some of Bordeaux’s most collectable wines.
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2016 DULUC Saint Julien Château Branaire Ducru
Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
The 2016 Duluc de Branaire-Ducru is a soft, fruity wine to drink now and over the next few years, while the red/purplish berry fruit and floral notes retain their youthful vibrancy.
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2015 RÉSERVE DE LÉOVILLE BARTON Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
Medium ruby garnet colour with candied red fruits and some earthy notes. The palate is medium bodied with a silky texture. Black cherry, raspberry and licorice with secondary notes of leather, dried herbs and well integr...(read more)
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2011 CHÂTEAU GLORIA Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
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Good wholesome aromatic fruit. Delicacy and precision, red fruit with high-toned red currant, then a bit more depth. There's really a very attractive richness here. A little spice. Goes on well.
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2004 CLOS DU MARQUIS Saint Julien Château Léoville Las Cases
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
The initial impression is of a very strong sweet oakiness - rather new world in style. But the volume is there underneath and the dense fruit character of the wine shrugs off this coating and powers on with smooth dry Ca...(read more)
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2004 CHÂTEAU LANGOA BARTON 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
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)
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2011 CHÂTEAU TALBOT 4ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France 13% Red
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As the general manager Jean-Pierre Marty remarks, Talbot does well in hot years. 37% Merlot, 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 or 4% Petit Verdot. Nice bright nose. Curranty cassis. It quickly gathers pace on the palate, fine te...(read more)
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2000 CHÂTEAU LAGRANGE 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
Very rich, very fine attack - liquid-fresh, finer that silk, sweet, pure crème de fruits attack. Big, despite Marcel Ducasse’s stated aim of promoting elegance above all, ‘this is the limit of power that I like’,...(read more)
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2002 CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot. In contrast to the Grand Puy Lacoste in the same 'stable', Ducru is sweet to taste, round and ripe, all of one piece, tannins fine but very present giving a feel of volume, an impressi...(read more)
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2002 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE LAS CASES 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
From very low yields (what were they doing here? It is way below their neighbours) 14.5% Merlot, 13.9% Cabernet Franc, 66.7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, and even at these yields, only 43% of the production will...(read more)
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1996 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE BARTON 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 12.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc.
The 1996 Leoville Barton appears more youthful than the 1996 Langoa Barton in the glass with a healthy deep garnet core. The aromatics unfurl gracefully in the glass revealing briary, wild hedgerow, black truffle and san...(read more)
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