See our guide to Bordeaux 2009 coverage. It could be argued that St-Julien is becoming rather less of a dependable guiding light in the Médoc landscape, not least thanks to Bruno Borie's exuberance at Ducru-Beaucaillou. Certainly the contrast between the stolid, chunky wines from the Barton stable and the rest seems to become more marked by the year. Gloria and St-Pierre keep on producing the goods though. The interesting newcomer is the third wine from Las Cases, Le Petit Lion.  Jean-Hubert Delon was another prominent left banker  who rather repudiated his Merlot in 2009. Ch...