Julien Barraud

Château Saint-Pierre

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Medium deep ruby garnet , with quite narrow garnet rim . This is quite closed at first , with some dusty , mineral , seaside hints . Cassis , cedar , blackberry , charcoal and a touch of toasty oak . On the palate this is again quite four square and serious , dusty blackberry , cassis, cedar , grafite . Quite linear in style , fresh acidity and quite fine but noticable tannin . A lightly saline , grafite tinged medium length finish . This is drinking well at the moment , quite classic in style but with enough polish and mid palate . Will probably continue to show well over the next 5-10 years . — 8 days ago

Daniel, Tom and 6 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Sarget de Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

Deep cherry red. Oak vanilla clove nutmeg. black currant. Complexity. Good concentration. Gentle. 8 years Château Gruaud Larose Sarget de Gruaud Larose 17 @7000, Mar2, 251222 — 19 days ago

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Initial pour was impressive with dark blackberry sage and leather. What I found interesting was the noticeable amount of acid in comparison to the soft almost undetectable tannin. — 9 days ago

KP, Tom and 11 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1985

So seamless and delicious. We had 3 forty year olds at dinner so this was a birth year wine for the majority of our dinner. Last had a couple years ago, and this remains very good. Not primary, but also wouldn’t guess 40 years old. Really nice pairing with a roast leg of lamb on Christmas. — 16 days ago

Lyle, Dave and 13 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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Love the stem!
Doug Powers

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Great pull!!

La Croix de Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

one of the best seconds….👌🏼 — 11 days ago

Rene and Daniel liked this

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

St Julien in a perfect drinking now and for a couple of decades to come. Brilliant juice — 5 days ago

Tom, Tom and 13 others liked this

Château Langoa Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

NYE starter and it’s maturing nicely, classic St Julien notes and berry flavours, soft integrated tannins and good mouth filling feel with longish finish. — 10 days ago

Dave, Tom and 5 others liked this
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Young here but a fabulous over deliver producer.

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Took about 2 hours to open. Dark & dried cherries. Acid still nice and firm. Tannins still going strong but clearly softer and more fine grained. Feels somewhat unbalanced - good acid, good tannin, not enough fruit. May have missed the optimal window. Still very enjoyable. Only a touch of Brett. — 20 days ago

David liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Larose de Gruaud St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1995

Del Frisco’s Christmas Eve with family — 17 days ago