Saint-Julien is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for red wine in the Bordeaux region, located in the Médoc subregion. It takes its name from the commune Saint-Julien-Beychevelle and is one of the six communal appellations in Médoc. A number of classified Bordeaux estates are located within the appellation.
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Saint-Julien is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. We track 214 of its wines in stock at 44 shops, from 29 wine houses, from € 20.04; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- In our wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Cabernet
- Styles
- Red 210 · Rosé 4
- Prices
- from € 20.04 · median € 93.52 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.8 °C · 2,323 GDD · 28 % rain |
| 2025 | 8 | € 43.35 | € 72.85 | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,065 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,618 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2023 | 22 | € 31.98 | € 87.81 | 95.0 (5 wines) | hot +2.3 °C · 2,071 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2022 | 24 | € 33.48 | € 86.23 | 94.5 (2 wines) | hotdry +2.9 °C · 2,211 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2021 | 22 | € 20.04 | € 84.97 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,536 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2020 | 22 | € 29.00 | € 96.49 | 93.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.6 °C · 1,711 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2019 | 25 | € 27.45 | € 84.50 | 94.2 (6 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,746 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2018 | 20 | € 28.90 | € 88.41 | 93.7 (3 wines) | hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,799 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2017 | 9 | € 25.00 | € 80.00 | 94.5 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,743 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2016 | 12 | € 48.00 | € 142.74 | 97.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,582 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2015 | 5 | € 44.00 | € 110.00 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,652 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2014 | 5 | € 49.00 | € 80.14 | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,656 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2013 | 1 | € 63.55 | € 63.55 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,465 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 101.45 | € 101.45 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,562 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 125.32 | € 125.32 | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,743 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2010 | 5 | € 115.00 | € 167.21 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,484 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2009 | 5 | € 137.26 | € 180.60 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,603 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2008 | 4 | € 125.32 | € 231.33 | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 468.15 | € 117.04 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,477 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2006 | 2 | € 144.00 | € 149.58 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,798 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2005 | 4 | € 145.00 | € 231.68 | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 1,785 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,637 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.6 °C · 1,924 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2002 | 1 | € 60.00 | € 60.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,533 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,501 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,503 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1999 | 1 | € 227.32 | € 227.32 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,589 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,367 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,588 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1996 | 2 | € 187.31 | € 261.57 | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,322 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,557 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,485 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,345 GDD · 154 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,407 GDD · 162 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,572 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1990 | 1 | € 2,006.80 | € 501.70 | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,865 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1989 | 2 | € 267.58 | € 287.59 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,755 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,450 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,577 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,407 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1985 | 1 | € 350.00 | € 350.00 | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,387 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 1,254 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,407 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1982 | 1 | € 160.55 | € 160.55 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,421 GDD · 117 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Saint-Julien's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Château Leoville las Cases 24 · Château Lagrange 20 · Château Léoville Poyferré 17 · Château Léoville Barton 15 · Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 14 · Château Branaire-Ducru 11 · Château Langoa Barton 10 · Château Talbot 9 · Château Gruaud Larose 9 · Château Saint Pierre 8 · Château Beychevelle 7 · Bordelaise des Grand Vins 7 · Château Gloria 6 · Château Moulin de la Rose 5 · Gruaud 4 · Châteaux Léoville & Langoa Barton 3