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Where available, tasting scores and notes are by Robert Parker (RP) and taken from his website www.erobertparker.com  or Stephen Tanzer (ST) from www.wineaccess.com

Year

Price per
Bottle
including
VAT

Tasting
Score/Notes
Best Drinking

BEYCHEVELLE
St. Julien

RP/William Kelly - Aged for around 18 months in barrel, 60% new and 40% second fill, the 2018 Beychevelle needs a fair bit of swirling to release classic notes of cassis, plum preserves and ripe blackberries, with emerging suggestions of unsmoked cigars, tilled soil and cedar chest, plus a waft of pencil lead. The medium to full-bodied palate is still very tightly wound, offering finely packed black fruit and earthy layers within a frame of firm, grainy tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long and mineral laced. This will need a good 5-6 years to come around and then will drink beautifully over the next 20+ years.

RP/WK95
2026-46

BIN END
PRICE

 

LES FIEFS de LAGRANGE
St. Julien

2nd Wine of Chateau Lagrange
The top wine currently sells for approx. £50 for a 75cl bottle! So this represents good value.

RP/Neal Martin - The 2016 Les Fiefs de Lagrange, which actually comes from 35-year-old vines nowadays, is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot and matured in 20% new oak. It has a very intense bouquet, especially for a Deuxième Vin, with pure black cherry, crème de cassis and crushed violets. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, quite tensile in the mouth and full of joie de vivre. You cannot really go wrong with Les Fiefs.

NM92
2020-40

LAGRANGE
St. Julien

RP/William Kelly - The 2019 Lagrange has turned out beautifully in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of cherries, blackberries and cassis mingled with hints of loamy soil, pencil shavings and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with an ample core of lively fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids, it's suave and seamless, concluding with a long, expansive finish. The result of an extremely rigorous selection, and incorporating fully 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the finest wine this château has produced in the modern era.

RP/WK95
2024-45

LAGRANGE
St. Julien

RP/Lisa Perrotti-Brown -  Deep garnet-purple coloured, the 2016 Lagrange sashays out of the glass with notions of candied violets, cassis, underbrush and warm black plums with waves of Black Forest cake, cedar chest and yeast extract scents. Medium to full-bodied, the bags of perfumed black fruits are solidly structured with super ripe, grainy tannins, finishing long and layered.

RP/LPB95
2021-45

CLOS DU MARQUIS
St Julien

Vinous.com/Antonio Galloni -  The 2017 Clos du Marquis is dark, pliant and inviting. Succulent dark cherry, red plum, mocha, spice and licorice are all super-expressive in this wonderfully open, radiant Saint-Julien. Plush fruit and silky contours add to the wine's considerable appeal. Best of all, the 2017 will drink well with minimal cellaring. This is such a beautiful and expressive wine

BIN END PRICE

LEOVILLE POYFERRE
St. Julien
RP/Lisa Perrotti-Brown - A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc, aged in 80% new oak barriques, the 2018 Léoville Poyferré comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant scents of Morello cherries, plum preserves and blackberry pie, giving way to nuances of cedar chest, unsmoked cigars, vanilla pod and sassafras, plus a waft of crushed rocks. The palate is full-bodied, rich and decadent, delivering hedonic black fruits and lots of spicy accents with a velvety texture and seamless freshness, finishing long and satisfyingly savoury. This is a very impressive showing that is delicious out of the gate but has the backbone to give a good 30 years or more of pleasure.

LPB97
2024-54

BIN END
PRICE

 

LA RESERVE de LEOVILLE BARTON
St. Julien

2nd Wine of Chateau
Leoville Barton
The top wine currently sells for approx. £80 for a 75cl bottle! So this represents good value.

Vinous.com/Neal Martin - The 2016 La Reserve de Leoville Barton has a well-defined bouquet of red fruit (strawberry and cranberry), plus touches of crushed stones tucked underneath.
The medium-bodied palate offers light tannins and a fine bead of acidity. Quite elegant in style, with a precise finish.
Classic Claret - no more, no less.

NM89
2020-30

SAINT PIERRE
St Julien

RP/Lisa Perrotti-Brown -Composed of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Merlot, the 2018 Saint-Pierre bursts from the glass with a glorious perfume of kirsch, blackcurrant pastilles, black raspberries and cedar chest with hints of red roses, pencil shavings and spice box. The medium to full-bodied palate coats the mouth with velvety tannins and beautifully knit freshness, supporting the generous black and red berry layers, finishing long and perfumed. It needs a good four years for the oak to marry and the fruit to really hit its stride, then should drink a further 20+ years.