The 2009 vintage in Haut-Médoc
Vintage benchmark: 98/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A sun-drenched season from start to finish gave opulent, fleshy wines, immediately appealing yet built for the cellar.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Haut-Médoc. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
“The color is almost black, with dark red highlights and a subtle purple border. The nose, complex and beautifully fresh, opens with empyreumatic notes, enriched with powerful aromas of black fruits. From the attack, the palate is very coated, marked by an elegant, powerful and tight structure, with silky and intense tannins. It evolves towards a finish of impressive length, with nicely woody notes. A superb Belgrave, in a very Saint-Julien style.” : Frédéric Bonnaffous, Director of Estates
Blend of the 2009 vintage
Cabernet Sauvignon (75%), Merlot (20%), Petit verdot (5%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2009 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot.
Winemaking
Fermentations are carried out at controlled temperatures, for gentle extraction of tannins at perfect maturity.
Ageing
14 months in oak barrels, on fine lees.
Terroir
Terroir: deep gravel and gravel over clay. Total area: 60 ha.
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Texts and documents 2009
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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.