Saint-Émilion · vintage 2019
Clos Fourtet 2019
Ageing potentialA satisfactory crop yield, expectations for long ageing potential, wonderful length of flavour.
Why this vintage
- 97/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2019 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.
- Ageing potentialA satisfactory crop yield, expectations for long ageing potential, wonderful length of flavour.
- Limited production50 000 bottles of this vintage.
Critic scores
- Vinous97
- Jeb Dunnuck97
- Wine Advocate96
- James Suckling96
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Wine Spectator95
The 2019 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 95/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.
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 2019 vintage
- 90 % Merlot
- 7 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 3 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2019 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 2019 sheet
- 14.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 38 hl/haYield
- 25 yrsVine age
- 50,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Harvest from 24 September to 10 October 2019. Fermentation of whole uncrushed berries in 25 small-capacity temperature-controlled stainless-steel vats; extraction via manual pigeage; vatting period lasting 22 to 30 days.
Ageing
50% new barrels - 48% second-fill barrels – 2% amphora - 14 to 18 months' ageing in underground rock cellars.
Terroir
Clay-limestone soils.
An offer on Clos Fourtet 2019
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Texts and documents 2019
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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.