Saint-Julien

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Saint-Julien, named from the commune Saint-Julien-Beychevelle.

Noun

Saint-Julien (plural Saint-Juliens)

  1. A kind of red wine from Médoc in the Bordeaux region.
    • 2022 October 6, Eric Asimov, “Echoes of a World War in Wines From the Early 1940s”, in The New York Times:
      Then the ’43 Gruaud-Larose, a St.-Julien, with peppery, gentle flavors and a hint of the pencilly graphite that is often found in wines of the Médoc.

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