Libournais, Right Bank
Saint-Émilion
14 châteaux distributed by the Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus.
14 châteaux distributed by the Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus.
| Vintage | Score | Vintage character |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. |
| 2024 | 87 | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. |
| 2023 | 92 | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. |
| 2022 | 97 | The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness. |
| 2021 | 85 | Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth. |
| 2020 | 96 | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. |
| 2019 | 95 | A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance. |
| 2018 | 96 | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. |
| 2017 | 87 | Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot. |
| 2016 | 96 | A dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone. |
| 2015 | 98 | A hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth. |
| 2014 | 89 | The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth. |
| 2013 | 76 | Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual. |
| 2012 | 90 | Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank. |
| 2011 | 86 | A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young. |
| 2010 | 98 | The dry summer and cool nights gave dense, tannic wines of extraordinary ageing potential — the exact opposite of 2009. |
| 2009 | 99 | An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible. |
| 2008 | 90 | A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields. |
| 2007 | 82 | A cool, wet summer gave light, silky wines, with a short ageing potential. |
| 2006 | 87 | A wet August diluted the merlots: straightforward, restrained wines, less expressive than on the Left Bank. |
| 2005 | 98 | A drought that never stalled ripening gave opulent, perfectly structured merlots: a legendary vintage. |
| 2004 | 88 | High yields and a dry back end to the season gave an honest, straightforward vintage, unremarkable but flawless. |
| 2003 | 87 | The heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol. |
| 1999 | 87 | A stormy summer and hail reduced the harvest: supple, fruity wines, to be drunk today. |
| 1998 | 96 | The August heatwave ripened the merlots ahead of the rains: the great Pomerol vintage, rich, velvety and of exceptional ageing potential. |
| 1995 | 92 | A dry summer followed by rain during the harvest: the merlots of the great plateaus held firm, and the wines remained classic and firm. |