Below are the raw tasting notes for the St Julien commune from 2014 back. They last seven vintages are reasonably comprehensive but there are notes here going back over twenty years – hope they are useful. For overviews on the other communes click here: Haut-Médoc, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien, Moulis & Listrac, Margaux and Pessac-Léognan. For tasting notes on the other communes click […]

Below are my tasting notes on the wines of St Estèphe from 2015 back to 1961. The most detailed reviews are for the past nine vintages but there are lots of earlier notes too. For more detailed information on the chateaux of click on their links in this section. Click here for tasting notes on […]

Below are my raw tasting notes on the wines of Pauillac over the past twenty or so years listed alphabetically A-H. For Pauillac properties L-Z click here. The past half a dozen vintages are better represented following extensive tastings over the last four years, but other notes do go further back. Some notes are possibly a […]

For me St Julien is perhaps most satisfying of the major Bordeaux appellations. Terrific wines are made here across the board and also the most consistent. Amongst the Chateaux, Château Léoville-Las-Cases has been operating at the quality level of a first growth for years and tops the appellation qualitatively, with Château Léoville Poyferré snapping at its heels […]