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Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation 30 to 44 m · average slope 1.8°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Château Chauvin lies in the north-west of the commune of Saint-Émilion, halfway between Cheval-Blanc and the Butte de Rol, close to the Pomerol appellation. Chauvin's terroir is of a clay-sand type; it benefits from the presence of pseudogley and of a crasse de fer (iron-rich hardpan) similar to that found in certain Pomerol terroirs. Thanks to its low water-retention capacity, the soil comes under water stress quickly, allowing the grapes to ripen faster. Effective drainage across the whole vineyard also ensures very good run-off during the wettest periods. The vineyard forms a single block around the property, which facilitates the meticulous vineyard work carried out by the château's teams throughout the growing season.
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93-95 Jeb Dunnuck | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | 95 Decanter | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | — |
| 2023 | 95 Decanter | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. | — |
| 2021 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2020 | 94 Jeb Dunnuck | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. | fiche · PDF |
| 2019 | 94 James Suckling | A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | 95 Jeb Dunnuck | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. | fiche · PDF |
| 2015 | 98 Wine Enthusiast | A hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2014 | 93 Wine Enthusiast | The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2013 | — | Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | 95 Decanter | The dry summer and cool nights gave dense, tannic wines of extraordinary ageing potential — the exact opposite of 2009. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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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.
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