**Ducru Beaucaillou has changed the name of this wine; Le Petite Ducru (was Lalande-Borie), St-Julien 89-91 points Neal Martin in Vinous: "The 2018 Lalande-Borie is aged for 12 months in 30% new oak with racking ever two or three months. Deep garnet in colour, this has a more opaque bouquet than the Fourcas-Borie with precocious dark cherries and boysenberry notes. There is purity in situ, although it will require some time before the oak is completely subsumed. The palate is ripe and grippy on the entry, a full-bodied and quite muscular Lalande-Borie. It feels heady towards the finish with a fine line of acidity (pH 3.77). It is a Saint-Julien that packs a punch, like many in this vintage, the subtlety is not a concept it is familiar with unlike say, the 2017." (11/2019)