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This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$168.05
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Calon Segur Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$183.03
Loads of crushed berries, with mineral, lightly toasted oak and licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 1988
750ml - Case of 12
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$251.83
#38 in Top 100, 1991. Beautiful aromas of fresh herbs, such as tarragon and mint, with berry and cherry undertones....
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$224.53
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Cos D'estournel Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$317.33
A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco,...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 1988
750ml - Case of 6
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$283.20
This is a little softer than the 1986, with coffee, plum and cassis notes. It's highly appealing right now, sweet and...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$208.59
Lots of aromas of roasted fruit, such as blueberries and raisins, and spices. It has full body with plenty of velvety...
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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 1988
750ml - Case of 6
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$181.40
A lovely wine that's medium-bodied, well balanced and effortlessly drinkable. It's less exuberant and concentrated...
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Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$94.68
Aromas of blackberry, toasted oak, sweet tobacco and espresso. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, fruity...
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Chateau Leoville Barton Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$149.08
#3 Top 100 of 2006. Intense blackberry and cherry, with hints of currant. Toasted oak and sweet tobacco too. Roses...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$227.04
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 6
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$251.83
This is more exotic and monstrous than the 2000. It is like a muscle builder, with lots of round and rich tannins and...
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Chateau Leoville Poyferre Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$153.24
I have had this wine three times out of bottle, rating it 97 once and 98 twice. It is a colossal success and a...
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Chateau Montrose Saint Estephe 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$227.04
A prodigious beast of a wine that's now starting to shed just a touch of its considerable baby fat, the 2003 Château...
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Chateau Talbot Saint Julien 2003
750ml - Case of 12
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$91.08
Floral, with a menthol character on the nose. Full bodied, with a tight palate of spices, fruit, and chewy tannins....
1981 1988 2003 France Bordeaux St. Estephe St. Julien 750ml
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.