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^[1]:

     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.

Paronyms

• Saint-Junien