1996 St Pierre (St Julien)
Market price
Buying options
Tasting notes
Critic scores
Average Score
Robert Parker
Jancis Robinson MW
More reviews and scores
Bright crimson. Light savoury nose. Sweet start and then just a tad syrupy. Sweetness and acidity don’t appear to have communicated with each other, though it is reasonably pretty and vibrant. (JR)
Just emerging from a relatively disjointed, awkward stage, this dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up notes of new saddle leather, a hint of chocolate, black currants, and earth. The wine is medium-bodied, relatively tannic, yet has good underlying sweetness. It still seems a bit disjointed and potentially too austere, but time will tell. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020. Last tasted, 3/02.
About the producer

Henri Martin – the ex-cooper that created Ch. Gloria in the 1940s – purchased this Fourth Growth Saint-Julien estate in 1981. Today it is managed by Martin’s granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Vanessa and Jean Triaud.