Saint-Émilion · vintage 2018
Clos Fourtet 2018
Ageing potentialA moderate yield, expectations for a long ageing potential, amazing length of flavour.
Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2018 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionAfter the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
- Ageing potentialA moderate yield, expectations for a long ageing potential, amazing length of flavour.
- Limited production35 000 bottles of this vintage.
Critic scores
- Vinous98
- Wine Advocate97
- James Suckling96-97
- Jeb Dunnuck97
- Wine Enthusiast97
- Wine Spectator95
The 2018 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
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.
Tasting
A deep garnet hue with brilliant purple glints. Intense aromas of violets, blackberries with wonderful floral notes. A fresh, powerful and elegant entry, underpinned by creamy tannins giving a lovely coated mouth-feel. Beautiful aromatics and superb length of flavour.
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 90 % Merlot
- 7 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 3 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 33 hl/haYield
- 25 yrsVine age
- 35,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Harvest from 25 September to 09 October 2018. Fermentation of whole uncrushed berries in 25 small-capacity temperature-controlled stainless steel vats; extraction via manual immersion of the cap of skins; vatting period lasting 25 to 30 days.
Ageing
60% new barrels - 40% second-fill barrels - 16 to 18 months' ageing in underground rock cellars.
Terroir
Clay-limestone soils.
An offer on Clos Fourtet 2018
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Texts and documents 2018
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Visuals
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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.