Château Julien (haut Médoc)

Château d'Arcins

Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

2016 vintage. Dark ruby with orange rim. This seems to be at its peak now. A complex nose with flowers, red and black fruits, and a hint of rosemary. A fresh and elegant Haut-Médoc with very good length that sells for a song (15 euro). Abv. 13,5%. — 6 days ago

Scott@Mister, Peter and 1 other liked this

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1981

45 years on, and still singing. Our friends’ wedding anniversary year. Classic tertiary Saint-Julien: cedar, forest floor, dried cherry, tobacco, pencil shavings — fruit fully resolved into savory complexity. Silky, perfumed, no rough edges. Need time to breathe for nose to be appealing. — 3 hours ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

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9.4

Served this 2005 Leoville Barton and a 2000 Lagrange for a group dinner. Both fantastic, very similar. — 17 days ago

Matt, Joel and 6 others liked this

Château Beychevelle

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

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Dark ruby in color with a short reddish rim.

Nose of blueberries, black plums, cooked cherries, oak, licorice, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, peppercorn and mediterranean spices.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, blackberries, light cedar, earth, herbs, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf, light forest floor and black pepper.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 21 year old 4th growth Bordeaux is drinking beautifully now. Still showing enough fruits to balance the earth notes. Rich, elegant and very complex and engaging.

This iconic 2005 vintage is drinking very nicely now, and drinking at its peak. Will continue to drink nicely in the next 10 years. Nicely balanced with a soft mouthfeel.

I had this vintage 2 years ago, and it is drinking much better now, and very approachable right out of the bottle.

Wine Enthusiasts 93 points. Wine Advocate 93 points.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.

A blend of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot.

13% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$200.
— a month ago

Dawn, Jay and 17 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Clos du Marquis Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

vintage 1986 | Brushwood in smell, soft taste, a point — 3 months ago

Juan, Jay and 11 others liked this

Château Sociando-Mallet

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

No notes. Bottle offered to my friend and kept since then, again for a decade or more. Superb currently, can be kept for another 5 to 7 years easily. Cassis, oak and firm tannins, strong acid drive, tar and cigar on the nose. Great stuff ! — 8 days ago

Peter, Anthony and 9 others liked this
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Château Gloria

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018


The utterly delicious 2018 Chateau Gloria is medium>full, with an abundance of black fruit aromatics and flavors, a good structure, and a well balanced fruity core with juicy acidity and powdery tannins at the smoothly textured, long mouth coating finish. One of the better values in Bordeaux.
— 4 days ago

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Château Lagrange

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Okay Right-Bank Bordeaux. Too young to open now. There is a nice bitterness to this Bordeaux. — 20 days ago

Scott@Mister, Tom and 1 other liked this

Château Haut-Bages Libéral

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Beautiful Pauillac. Although it would be better in five years it is still ready to drink now. Powerful Bordeaux with strong Cabernet Sauvignon. — 20 days ago

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Château Cantemerle

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Showing really well already — 2 months ago

Bob, Ira and 7 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Jan A
9.8

Surprise, surprise... Picked from the list of the restaurant to replace a corcked Mouton 1995, this was the positive surprise of the day for me. From a modest vintage, and a modest price point of around 35€, this blew away many multi 100€ bottles from the table today!

Profile was very round and sweet. Most of the tasting group placed this in napa valley when presented blind.
— 3 months ago

Peter, Sharon and 11 others liked this

Château Lagrange

Les Fiefs de Lagrange St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

This is very nice wine.
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— 4 months ago

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Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Delicious with Pat’s grilled steak. Lovely nose, dark fruit and long finish. ($89) — 5 days ago

Jay, Jean-Philip and 2 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1966

This btl was still fresh & in perfect condition. I am always amazed how well the 66’s show especially the La Mission HB. — 9 days ago

Juan, Eric and 6 others liked this

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Mostly black fruits with notes of cassis, cedar, leather, graphite & tobacco — 14 days ago

Daniel, Scott@Mister and 7 others liked this

Château Belle-Vue

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

2014 vintage. From the (great) pre-Treasury period, this is a classic Haut-Médoc, well-situated between Giscours and Cantemerle. Solid colour, with little evolution for the vintage. Cassis, cedar, violets and spices. — a month ago

Peter, Eric and 4 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

Duluc de Branaire-Ducru Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Present. Full body and should have been great but showed its age. — a month ago

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Château La Lagune

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

vintage 2020 | Still young, obviously. great potential. — 3 months ago

Jay, Doug and 7 others liked this

Château Haut-Batailley

Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot Blend 2000

Matt Austin
9.1

At peak. Not great, but balanced, resolved and we emptied the bottle fast. — 3 months ago