Graves · vintage 2018
Why this vintage
- The 2018 vintage in GravesAfter a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.
- Limited production60 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2018 vintage in Graves
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 Graves. 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 2018 vintage
- 60 % Merlot
- 40 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, malbec, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, sauvignon gris, sémillon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 25 yrsVine age
- 60,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Cold pre-fermentation maceration at 10°c Manual sorting Alcoholic fermentation Maceration for 3 to 5 weeks Malolactic fermentation in barrels and stainless steel vats
Ageing
16 to 18 months 30% new barrels and one wine
Terroir
Sols de graves composés de gros galets pyrénéens
Argiles en sous-sol
Terres argileuses et sableuses
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An offer on Château Les Clauzots 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.