I picked this one up at a nearby wine store. I was perusing their selection
and noticed they had a number of
1997, 1998 and 1999 Bordeaux - particulary Saint Juliens.

The wine had a slight brick shading and the nose smelled of blackberries and
currants Silky mouth feel, with flavors of berries and mint.
Over the course of a couple hours it developed a more jammy quality - again
mostly blackberries and currants. Very soft tannins it appears to
have mellowed pretty well, not very acidic either (12.5% alcohol).

This is definitely a drinker and at ~$17 US not a bad QPR.

Tom AZ

Interesting, thanks for notes.

Carolina Wine Company (aka the Hype Machine) has heavily promoted
recent vintages of this. It's one of those "I can't tell you who grwos
these grapes, but I'll drop some hints" deals. This was from a CWC
mailer on the 2000:

"1.) This comes from the vineyard of Bordeaux's greatest Second Growth,
which is in fact an identical, mirror image of its greatest First
Growth. ("Like two halves of a buttocks", our English agent says.)
2.) There's never been an official second wine from their vineyard.
Until 1996, everything not chosen for the grand vin (often 50% of the
production) was simply sold off in bulk. Beginning in 1996, though, the
Chateau's owner allowed his brother-in-law to select the top 10% to 15%
of this de-classified wine, and bottle it as Terre du Lion.
3.) Terre du Lion therefore part of the grand vin until the moment of
bottling. It's grown, made and treated exactly the same. Only at
bottling, are the two wines separated. Now, of course, Terre du Lion is
less concentrated than the grand vin. That's the basis of the
selection."

Ok, so obviously they're talking Leoville Las Cases (indeed, Clos du
Marquis isn't officially considered a second). Typical CWC hype, but
they do sometimes have nice wines.