Red Wine from St Julien

Wine Enthusiast, 100 points: A hugely powerful wine, full of dark, brooding tannins. It’s a wine for seriously long-term aging, a sculptural vision of classic Bordeaux structure with with classy, ripe blackberry fruits. It has fresh acidity and an...

jamessuckling.com, 100 points: The nose is phenomenal with perfect aromas of Cabernet Sauvignon with currant bush, blackberries and minerals. A pure expression of Cab. The palate is perfect with a full body, but has perfectly integrated tannins with a...

Wine Enthusiast, 100 points: This is a magnificently solid wine, initially even a bit severe. At this young stage, the tannins dominate, but it's also full of black fruit notes. Very dense and concentrated, this is a wine that's even better than the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: The final blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot has resulted in a wine of great power, stature, gravitas and density. The wine has a black purple color and a brilliant nose of scorched earth, creme de cassis...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Tightly focused, with a beam of cassis and blackberry fruit framed by integrated espresso and charcoal notes. The ample structure drives the polished finish, allowing extra notes of plum sauce, pastis and blueberry coulis...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 96 points: The Beychevelle 2010 displays very good intensity on the nose with dark berries a touch of Dorset plum and an almost Margaux-like floral element. The palate is full-bodied certainly a very powerful Saint Julien that...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: This rich, full wine shows the chateau to be at the top of its form. It’s finely balanced, pushing both its fruit and acidity, with the tannins taking the supporting role. With its power leashed, this shows the stylish...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 96 points: Tasted at a negociant the Gloria '10 has a well-defined bouquet very precise with ripe blackberry raspberry cedar and graphite. Good intensity very crisp and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins very...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Ripe raspberries and blueberries with hints of fresh flowers. Deep nose of dark fruits. Full body, with silky tannins and a beautifully integrated tannin structure. It's long and very refined. Better than 2009. Try in 2018.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: 2010: Abundant amounts of sweet up-front fruit give this wine a precocious appeal compared to many of its brethren. It exhibits a dense plum/ruby/purple hue along with sweet boysenberry black currant cherry smoke and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: 98+ The wine out distances both Leoville Las Cases and Leoville Barton, but all three of them are compelling efforts. Full-bodied, dense purple in color, with floral notes intermixed with blackberries, cassis, graphite...