Château Léoville-Barton 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Léoville-Barton 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fresh, elegant and offers delicacy and airiness. There are notes of strawberry, crunchy red berries and a hint of salinity, combined with creamy boysenberry, cherry and hints of fresh blond tobacco and a subtle hint of salinity (in the background). The palate is fruity, balanced, racy and offers freshness, good definition, gourmandise…

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Château Langoa-Barton 2011 – Saint-Julien 3ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Langoa-Barton 2011 – Saint-Julien 3ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, precise and discreet. The wine benefits from being decanted. There are notes of blackcurrant, crunchy raspberry and, more slightly, fleshy cherry, combined with hints of pepper, vanilla and a delicate touch of cardamom. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers juiciness, acidity, suppleness, minerality, purity and a fine straightness. On the…

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Château Léoville Poyferré 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Léoville Poyferré 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant and offers power, depth and delicacy as well as a fine dark quality. There are notes of crunchy wild blackcurrant, graphite and, more slightly, crushed black berries combined with hints of chocolate and a subtle, almost caramelised edge. The palate is fresh, mineral, elegant, gourmet and offers richness, substance, a certain…

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Château Gruaud Larose 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Gruaud Larose 2011 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, fruity and offers delicacy as well as some blackness/charness in elegance. There are notes of crushed blackberry, fleshy wild strawberry and, more slightly, pulpy black berries combined with fine touches of blackcurrant jam as well as a delicate hint of cardamom, clove and a very discreet touch of chocolate. The palate…

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Château Beychevelle 2011 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Beychevelle 2011 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant and offers power in harmony, a fine powdery side, some airiness in its power as well as a fine grain. There are notes of crushed blackberry, fleshy/crushed strawberry and, more slightly, nutmeg, cinnamon, combined with hints of smoke, fairly ripe red berries, fine camphor, spices, a discreet hint of chocolate, as…

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Château Talbot 2011 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Talbot 2011 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant, powdery, racy and offers good definition and power management. There are notes of wild blackcurrant, pulpy blackberry and slightly ripe cherry combined with hints of wild strawberry, wood, camphor, racy minerality, fine tobacco, spice and a subtle hint of chocolate and Sichuan pepper. The palate is fruity, fresh, elegant, nicely…

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Château Branaire Ducru 2012 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Branaire Ducru 2012 – Saint-Julien 4ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers complexity. The wine needs to be decanted. There are notes of crunchy blackcurrant, morello cherry and more slightly crushed red berries combined with fine points of racy minerality, flowers/violet, discrete cola notes and a subtle hint of nutmeg and vanilla. The palate is fresh, mineral, racy, elegant and…

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Château Léoville-Barton 2012 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Léoville-Barton 2012 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers some minerality and good definition. There are notes of crunchy blackberry, crushed strawberry and more slightly crushed raspberry combined with touches of blueberry, fine hints of liquorice, cardamom as well as discreet hints of vanilla and almost sweet blond tobacco. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, stretched out, precise…

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Château Langoa-Barton 2012 – Saint-Julien 3ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Langoa-Barton 2012 – Saint-Julien 3ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose offers creaminess and red fruits. The wine should be decanted. There are notes of crushed redcurrants, pulpy cherry and, more slightly, blackcurrant, combined with hints of violet, lily and a fine touch of vanilla and toast. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers minerality, good definition, smoothness, some fat, gourmandise, sapidity and a…

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Château Léoville Poyferré 2012 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

Château Léoville Poyferré 2012 – Saint-Julien 2ème Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, fresh and offers some power and richness. There are notes of creamy blackberry, blueberry and more slightly liquorice combined with hints of crushed wild strawberry and fine blue berry fruit as well as hints of Cuben pepper and spice. The palate is fresh, mineral, elegant and offers a nice definition, acidity,…

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