Julien Fayard

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Opened a few hours prior to service and enjoyed over the course of an hour. This bottle of the 1986 was re-corked at the chateau in 2011. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and some dried dark and red fruits: black currants, brambles, black plum, tobacco, pencil shavings, some dried flowers, green pepper, leather, some earth and a gentle mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This seemed evergreen and this bottle spending most of its life in the cellars of the chateau likely has a lot to do with that. Fabulous stuff. Drink now through 2046. — 10 days ago

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Good stuff

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

2017 vintage. Saint-Julien stands out in 2017. — 15 days ago

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Château Gruaud Larose

Sarget de Gruaud Larose Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

Vintage 2015 | good balance and an interesting bouquet with eucalyptus, tobacco and vanilla. | paired with tenderloin bearnaisesauce | at Bistro C Oisterwijk. — 9 days ago

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Château Léoville-Las Cases

Clos du Marquis Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

Nose of hibiscus and menthol. Tannins present and well balanced. A bit forward on the palate - meaning it is powerful mid palate. - finish is long but slightly off balance on the palate @Rajat Parr wouldn’t be happy - striving for balanced wine - but this one is a bit off the mark … — 9 days ago

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Château Lagrange

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Barely moved. Some softness and pyrazine. None of the heat markers. — 10 days ago

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Château Langoa Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Paul J
9.4

1hr+ decant. Great wine and vintage. Dark cherries with subtle tar and cedar throughout. Medium plus depth and great texture. — 17 days ago

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Domaine Gérard Julien et Fils

Cote de Nuits-Villages Pinot Noir 2022

This was singing when we had it at an over rated and under delivering Cyril Lignac bistrot in Paris. Great stuff and the best thing we had there. — 23 days ago

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Dave

I've never had a Julien i didn't like 😊
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Neither have we :)