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Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation -2 to 15 m · average slope 2.4°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Château d'Agassac, the estate's grand vin, comes from the oldest vines on the property and from its finest deep gravel terroirs. It has the profile of the modern Médoc: structured and powerful, yet also balanced, fruit-driven and with tannins free of aggressive astringency. Built for cellaring, it will equally please drinkers who like wines at a mid-point in their life, with a taste for fruit, substance and balance. It is among the most highly rated and most awarded wines of the Haut-Médoc.
The estate's two great assets lie in the quality of its terroir and in its precious capital of old vines. The terroir, with its warm, well-drained deep gravel soils and its exposure to the sun, is marked by a very early-ripening character, and Agassac is often the first to harvest in the region. The vineyard, made up of two walled blocks totalling 42 hectares, consists mainly of old vines — 40 years old on average across 22 hectares — which form the qualitative heart of production. Since 1997 the picture has been reshaped by grubbing up certain less worthy parcels and by planting Cabernet on the finest gravel soils, until then unplanted.
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2023 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022. | — |
| 2021 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant. | — |
| 2020 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | An early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness. | — |
| 2019 | 94 Wine Enthusiast | A hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material. | — |
| 2017 | — | April frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate. | fiche · PDF |
| 2013 | — | Coulure, mildew, then rain during the harvest: a light vintage, ready to drink. | — |
| 2011 | 93 Decanter | A scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type. | — |
| 2009 | — | A sun-drenched season from start to finish gave opulent, fleshy wines, immediately appealing yet built for the cellar. | — |
| 2008 | — | A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision. | — |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.
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