California

Napa Valley

2 châteaux distributed by the Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus.

The châteaux

Vintage	Score	Vintage character
2022	92	The September heatwave cut the harvest short: ripe, sun-drenched wines, shorter than usual.
2021	95	A drought without fire gave small, highly concentrated berries: Napa's great comeback, dense and fresh.
2020	80	The Glass Fire struck in the middle of harvest: many estates did not bottle at all.
2019	94	A steady season gave classic wines, with pure fruit and silky tannins.
2018	96	A long, cool season restored Napa's freshness: the most complete of recent vintages.
2017	84	The heatwave followed by the October wildfires made for a highly uneven vintage, marked by smoke on certain lots.
2016	94	An ideal season, after three years of drought, gave opulent, complete Cabernets.
2015	91	A disrupted flowering cut the harvest in half: intense, early-maturing wines, at times overly concentrated.
2014	93	The drought brought the harvest forward: ripe, approachable Cabernets, enjoyable very early.
2013	95	A long, dry season gave deep, structured wines, built to age twenty years.
2012	96	A long, trouble-free season gave Napa's modern benchmark: a rare balance between power and poise.