Saint-Émilion · vintage 2015
Why this vintage
- 100/100 from Wine Advocateand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2015 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate100
- Wine Enthusiast100
- James Suckling98
- Vinous98
- Jeb Dunnuck98
The 2015 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 98/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth.
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.
Blend of the 2015 vintage
- 55 % Merlot
- 45 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2015 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet franc, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, malbec — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2015 sheet
- 41 hl/haYield
- 70,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
La vinification de Château Cheval Blanc est affaire de tradition, en phase avec une volonté pérenne de tendre vers l'harmonie et l'équilibre. Pendant la cuvaison, l'extraction est douce afin de préserver des tanins de qualité. Cheval Blanc n'utilise que des barriques de chêne neuve en provenance de 7 tonnelleries différentes de façon à éviter tout type d'arôme boisé dominant.
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Terroir
Cheval Blanc's mosaic terroir of clay, sand and gravel is unique. Two good fairies watched over its cradle: Pomerol and Saint-Émilion. Soils and subsoils, configuration, sedimentation, water and mineral deficit — everything here combines to achieve the required concentration and to shape the wine's ageing. It is a very ancient history, going back to the Quaternary and to the sediments of the nearby Isle river. A geological union for an exceptional wine, for the quality of the soil determines the success of the grape variety. At Cheval Blanc, the conjunction of a terroir of the very highest quality with an unusual varietal mix gives the wine a unique organoleptic personality.
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Texts and documents 2015
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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.