Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
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Location within Aquitaine region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Canton | Pauillac |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Lucien Bressan |
| Area1 | 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 701 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33423 / 33250 |
| Elevation | 0–28 m (0–92 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
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Saint-Julien-Beychevelle is a commune on the left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 1,165 | — |
| 1968 | 1,216 | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 1,160 | −4.6% |
| 1982 | 1,006 | −13.3% |
| 1990 | 873 | −13.2% |
| 1999 | 798 | −8.6% |
| 2008 | 701 | −12.2% |
Wine
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The village lies 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Bordeaux and is considered by some to be the most underrated of the four major wine growing appellations of the Médoc.
The 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) of vineyards around the villages of St-Julien and Beychevelle produce wine of relative lightness and balance. Its strength stems from the quality of its soil – the characteristic layer of gravel forcing the roots of the vine to go to extra depth to reach its nutrients, as well as retaining additional heat to see it through the cooling winds from the Atlantic away to the west.
St-Julien contains no First Growths but it does have estates ranked as Second, Third and Fourth Growths in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
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