Saint-Émilion · vintage 2018
The 2018 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. 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 colour is superb and deep. The very fine bouquet evokes good, ripe grapes with notes of red fruits. underlined by a delicate oak character that is both powerful and suave. Beautiful length on the palate, the palate remains elegant thanks to distinguished and silky tannins with a beautiful oak character which respects the fruit well,
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 75 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 5 % Malbec
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 75 % merlot, 14 % cabernet franc, 7 % cabernet sauvignon, 4 % malbec — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 36 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Traditional in coated, thermo-regulated concrete tanks. Vatting for a minimum of 21 days. Aerated pump-over, rack and return, vatting for 3 weeks.
Ageing
12 months with 1/3 in vats and 2/3 in oak barrels (2/3), including 20% new, 20% from 1 wine and 60% from barrels two years old and over.
Terroir
Sandy-silty over deep clay
An offer on Château La Chapelle Aux Moines 2018
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Texts and documents 2018
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Visuals
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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.