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Bottle: $377.28 $419.20
The 2016 Léoville Las Cases is the finest vintage I’ve ever tasted from this estate; in fact, in this reviewer’s...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $131.40 $146.00
12 bottles: $109.00
#99 Top 100. Tasted on four separate occasions where this wine rated 97+, 98, 98, and 99, the 2016 Château...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.93 $43.20
Powerful and structured with lots of blueberry, blackberry and currant character. Full-bodied, tight and tannic yet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
The blueberry and blackberry aromas are certainly attractive here. Full-bodied and dense with a very velvety texture...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $55.20
12 bottles: $51.30
Wild nose. Impressive, deep hue and a wealth of fresh, violet-like aromas, as well as cassis, graphite and dark...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $241.38 $268.20
Unquestionably one of the top 2-3 wines of the vintage, the 2016 Château Montrose is a monument in the making....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $31.94
12 bottles: $30.40
The ever-increasing quality requirement for Château Montrose and La Dame de Montrose, and the increasingly precise...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $67.20
A very serious St.-Estèphe with excellent concentration, firm tannins and a dark soul. I love the earth, walnut,...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $43.50
Rock 'em, sock 'em St.-Julien, with mouthcoating ganache and tar notes backed by commensurate cassis, blueberry paste...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $81.60
Rock 'em, sock 'em St.-Julien, with mouthcoating ganache and tar notes backed by commensurate cassis, blueberry paste...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.01
12 bottles: $36.26
The sweet cassis fruit, wrapped around the full tannins, helps this powerful and well-structured St.-Estèphe to come...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.90 $42.20
The aromas of violets and flowers are impressive in this with dark fruit underneath. Medium to full body, firm and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.70
12 bottles: $74.58
From the considerable talents of the Léoville Las Cases team, the 2016 Clos du Marquis is made from 73% Cabernet...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.94 $41.10
12 bottles: $39.14
Big cassis fruit with nice, toasty and vanilla oak, draw you into the full and almost silky palate, where the tannins...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.95
12 bottles: $61.69
Pristine, attractive fruit with perfume and freshness. Dark-berry and plum notes, as well as cassis and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $62.95
6 bottles: $61.69
Pristine, attractive fruit with perfume and freshness. Dark-berry and plum notes, as well as cassis and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $51.20
12 bottles: $47.50
The 2016 Dame de Montrose is also gorgeous, and the second wines of Bordeaux continue to gain in quality. A blend of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.25 $54.00
Coal smoke and dark, stony minerals create a dramatic, moody aura here, around spicy red berries and black cherries....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $46.93 $51.10
Dark berry, tar and stone character. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Balance and...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $87.20
6 bottles: $85.46
A beautiful St.-Julien that’s got everything you expect from this appellation, from the elegant, moderately dry...
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1995 France Bordeaux St. Estephe St. Julien

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.

There are few wine regions in the world with a reputation as glowing and well established as that of the Bordeaux, in France. Situated mainly around the Dordogne and Gironde rivers, Bordeaux makes the most of its humid climate and rich, clay and gravel based soils to grow some of the finest examples of red and white grape varietals on earth. Wineries in this region have been in operation for hundreds of years, and have carefully developed the expertise required for the production of carefully balanced and utterly delicious blended red and white wines, alongside some exceptional single variety bottles. Many of the chateaux found in Bordeaux have become household names, due to their prestige and the excellence of their products, grown with love and dedication by heritage wineries in this beautiful and special region.

St Estephe is the largest producer of the Haut-Medoc appellations, situated at its northernmost tip.


St Estephe has traditionally produced robust, solid wines, full of flavour that can need many years to soften and mature. In the last 30 years, a move towards using more of the softer Merlot grape and some changes in the wine-making process have produced some slightly lighter wines that can mature earlier, whilst still maintaining the substance and structure of this wine. However, the wines from this region still retain the big, well-structured and full characteristics of a St Estephe. Although only 5 St Estephe wines were ranked as a Classified growth in the 1855 classification, nowadays there are numerous Cru Bourgeois Chateaux producing superb wine, rivalling the quality of many Medoc classified growths. These wines are often excellent value for the consumer who enjoys a full, rich wine. Those having the patience to wait for these wines to mature are extremely well rewarded.


St Estephe is the closest to the mouth of the river, the Gironde, joining the Atlantic Sea and has less gravel, and more clay, than upstream towards Margaux. This heavier soil drains more slowly, which leads to full, robust wines with a reasonably high acidity. St Estephes excel in hot and dry years when vines in regions with lighter solid may suffer from the excessive heat. St Estephe offers many exciting, stylish and substantial wines, especially from the host of Cru Bourgeois Chateaux which can offer great value.


Saint-Julien-Beychevelle is a commune on the left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France, that produces red wine.

The village lies 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Bordeaux and is considered by some to be the most underrated of the four major wine growing appellations of the Medoc.

The 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) of vineyards around the villages of St-Julien and Beychevelle produce wine of relative lightness and balance. Its strength stems from the quality of its soil – the characteristic layer of gravel forcing the roots of the vine to go to extra depth to reach its nutrients, as well as retaining additional heat to see it through the cooling winds from the Atlantic away to the west.

St-Julien contains no First Growths but it does have estates ranked as Second, Third and Fourth Growths in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.