Saint-Julien · vintage 2012
Clos du Marquis 2012
Ageing potential20+ years
Why this vintage
- 96/100 from Decanterand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2012 vintage in Saint-JulienA late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
- Ageing potential20+ years
Critic scores
- Decanter96
- Wine Enthusiast94
- Wine Advocate92
- Vinous92
- Wine Spectator90
The 2012 vintage in Saint-Julien
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
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 2012 vintage
- 92 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 6 % Merlot
- 2 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 13 % vol.Alcohol
- 200,000 bottlesProduction
Ageing
18 to 20 months in Merrain oak barrels (20% new) - fined with fresh egg whites
Terroir
The terroir of Clos du Marquis is made up of two adjoining parts. The first includes vines within the great Clos de Las Cases, vines that produce the wine Château Léoville Las Cases. The second lies outside the great Clos and is part of the Saint-Julien appellation terroirs. The terroir of Clos du Marquis therefore shares the characteristics of the great wines of Saint-Julien, namely a sea of pebbles on the surface and a subsoil made up of gravel, sand and clay.
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Texts and documents 2012
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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 28, 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.