Saint-Julien · vintage 2011
Clos du Marquis 2011
Ageing potentialGreat year. Great ageing potential. Decant 1 hour before tasting.
Why this vintage
- 94/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2011 vintage in Saint-JulienA scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type.
- Ageing potentialGreat year. Great ageing potential. Decant 1 hour before tasting.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast94
- Vinous92
- Wine Spectator91
- Wine Advocate90
The 2011 vintage in Saint-Julien
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Julien. 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 2011 vintage
Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (22%), Cabernet franc (13%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2011 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc.
Figures from the 2011 sheet
- 13.26 % vol.Alcohol
Terroir
A typically Saint-Julien terroir. Its terroir is predominantly gravel-clay.
An offer on Clos du Marquis 2011
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Texts and documents 2011
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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.