Médoc · vintage 2012
The 2012 vintage in Médoc
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Overall reading of the year’s season across 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 nose is clean with good intensity. Very fresh, red fruits, spices and fresh almonds. A touch of undergrowth. On the palate the attack is supple evolving towards a pleasant and tender tannin structure. It is a warm and round wine with silky tannins. The finish is long with slightly minty cherry fruitiness. Very pleasant wine dominated by fruit and freshness.
Blend of the 2012 vintage
- 65 % Merlot
- 25 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 5 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 55 % merlot, 35 % cabernet sauvignon, 5 % cabernet franc, 5 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 27 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Traditional winemaking methods: rigorous sorting of the grapes, daily pump-over, temperature regulation, vatting for 18 to 22 days
Ageing
12 months in French oak barrels (30 to 40% new barrels) then the wine is kept for 24 months in bottle in the cellars.
Terroir
Clay-limestone
Pyrenean gravel
An offer on Château Castéra 2012
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Texts and documents 2012
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
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.