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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2013 RÉSERVE DE LÉOVILLE BARTON Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc Intense purple color, this wine has a beautiful brightness. The nose is expressive and develops black fruit aromas, such as blackberry, and roasted notes. The structure is typical of St Julien wines, ample with a beautiful freshness and...(read more)
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2004 CLOS DU MARQUIS Saint Julien Château Léoville Las Cases
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
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 Cabernet cassis and cherry on the finish. Massive. I like this but wish...(read more)
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2002 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE BARTON 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
Not staggeringly deep in colour, but as usual this has an indefinably classy royal purple aspect. The nose is warm with the ripeness of black fruit and a deep cedary complexity. Sophisticated complex flavour to go with the dry velvet plush texture. Finish firm, grippy and long. A wine that...(read more)
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2004 CHÂTEAU LÉOVILLE BARTON 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
Much dumber on the nose than Langoa, much more Cabernet in character. Thick and serious. Dense yet fresh in expression. Fruitcake, black fruit, spice, indivisible. Lovely dry structure filled with fruit, great intensity of flavour and length. Layered and full of interest as it unfolds on t...(read more)
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1996 CHÂTEAU LAGRANGE 3ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
Like the Fiefs, Cabernet dominates. Classic, tight and straight, but with a richness of texture and velvety feel, and still a considerable freshness of fruit. Really excellent, and the spice of wood that the carefully managed élevage at Lagrange will bring to it will undoubtedly do...(read more)
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2002 CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
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 impression of lots of dry extract. Lots of fruit too, complex mulberry and plu...(read more)
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2003 CHÂTEAU DUCRU BEAUCAILLOU 2ème Cru Classé Saint Julien
Bordeaux France 13.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot.
The Bories have sorted out their succession so that Bruno and his sister have taken control of Ducru, while Xavier, who has been running Ducru, Haut Batailley and Grand Puy Lacoste, has retained control of the other two. Ducru is a big, much chewier wine than usual, as are many in this vin...(read more)
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2017 RÉSERVE DE LÉOVILLE BARTON Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot. Half-bottles

2016 CHÂTEAU PEYMARTIN Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot. Magnums
The sharp-eyed will spot the trumpeting angels and the name 'Domaines Henri Martin' on the label that show that this is the second wine of Château Gloria. The heritage shows as this has a true Saint Julien silhouette, never overbearing, but still concentrated and intense, with saline...(read more)
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2014 RÉSERVE DE LÉOVILLE BARTON Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 12.5% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot. Magnums
71% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 4% Cabernet Franc This second wine of Chateau Léoville Barton comes from young vines and plots that have not reached the high level of requirement to enter in the Grand Vin. The wine is then aged between 16 and 18 months in French oak barrels. Inten...(read more)
Winemaker's notes
2012 CHÂTEAU GLORIA Cru Bourgeois Saint Julien
Left Bank Bordeaux France 13% Red
. Double Magnum
Plush and rounded, lively and winning with a good mid-palate feel and the quite evident oak is attractive rather than overpowering.
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