Médoc · vintage 2018
The 2018 vintage in Médoc
Vintage benchmark: 95/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.
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 color is dense and deep. The complex nose releases aromas of small black and red fruits where fresh blackcurrant and small morello cherry intermingle. Notes of white pepper and sweet spices. The oak character is fine and delicate. The palate, with its dominant fruitiness, is ample and solid. However, it reveals silky and elegant tannins. The perfect harmony between all the structural elements gives this wine a freshness and smoothness marked by a beautiful length on the palate.
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 65 % Merlot
- 25 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 5 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 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.
Winemaking
Vatting 18 to 22 days | thermoregulation
Ageing
100% French oak barrels | 40% new oak for 12 months
Terroir
Clay-limestone
Pyrenean gravel
An offer on Château Castéra 2018
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
Texts and documents 2018
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.