Saint-Émilion · vintage 2021
The 2021 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.
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
"Nose of redcurrant, licorice, walnuts and dried herbs, also with orange peel. Medium-bodied, juicy and fruity, with crisp acidity, elegant tannins and a pleasantly bitter citrus peel character" - James Suckling
Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
- 9 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 6 % Malbec
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 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 2021 sheet
- 32 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 2021
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Texts and documents 2021
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.