Domaine Julien Labet

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Medium ruby , terracotta /garnet rim. Quite round and ripe , red plum , cigar and ripe blackberry, touch of soy . Touch of cocoa , blackberry and ripe dark cherry , black tea . Quite sweet , rich on the palate, generous for Las Cases , slightly dried fruit , fig and red plum . Pretty decent length , balanced but quite discreet acidity , rounded tannins . This is at peak now and I don’t see much up side from here , so best to drink over the next 5 years or so, though it did hold up in the glass quite well . Atypical for Las Cases with its ripe fruit, quite low acidity , sweet tannin: also this only has 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall probably the least successful of the wines in this tasting , but the level overall was very high. — 3 days ago

Daniel, Jan and 9 others liked this

Château Beychevelle

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Medium ruby with a ruby garnet rim . Quite spicy and aromatic cassis , blackberry and grafite touches . Quite a lot more mineral on the palate , tobacco , ripe blackberry and cassis , good density , touch of mint . Nice length and richness , rounded but still pretty grippy tannins , balanced acidity . Nice grafite and tobacco tinged length . This is beginning to drink quite well but will continue to improve over the next 10 years and last well a further 10. Successful for the vintage — 20 days ago

Daniel, Tom and 8 others liked this

Château Talbot

Saint-Julien Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2000

Aging very well! 2000 in 2024 — 13 days ago

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Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

2019 vintage. From Magnum. Medium body up front with that pirouetting away at the end and finishing with a lighter footprint. Drinking great now and just dropped into cruise control for the next 2.5 decades. Great effort. 12.11.24. — a day ago

Ruud, Andrew and 13 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc, deep Ruby with aromas of dark fruits, floral spice and smoky cedar notes, aged 12 months in 60% new barrels. On the palate flavors of fresh blackberry, plum and black cherry with cacao, tobacco, licorice and smoky spice. Fine grainy tannins, well balanced on long finish, ending with fruit, cedar, smoke and earthy mineral character. Very nice, but needs a few more years of bottle age to really enjoy! — 16 days ago

Andrew, Ericsson and 3 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Larose de Gruaud St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

1989 - wow! Aged amazingly well, with fine tannins and nice acidity. Elegant. Mostly secondary notes of tobacco, eucalyptus, cinnamon spice, and a bit of vanilla. Some left over fruit in the background of the plum kind. Really great. — 16 days ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Medium-dark-red color, very little browning at rim, this shows a little of the “overripe” notes I’ve found in 1990 Bordeaux (and CdPs), nice concentration and depth, long finish, the ripeness carries into the finish and detracts just a little. — 4 days ago

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Château Gloria

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Nariz: mora, arandano, ciruela, cassis, cedro, grafito, especies

Boca: Tanino M/M+, Acidez M, Alcohol M

Buena evolucion.
— 5 days ago

Dawn, Bob and 6 others liked this

Château La Grange

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2021

Dark cherry red. Black currant and fruits. Good concentration. Powerful. Robust structure. Earthy. But keep gentle taste. 2 hours in-glass decanting. Chateau Lagrange 21 @18000, Txin, 241127 — 15 days ago

Julien Sunier

Fleurie Gamay 2018

Violet florals, bloody, iron, quite pretty. — a month ago

Paul, Juan and 21 others liked this