Pomerol · vintage 2018
Château La Conseillante 2018
Ageing potentialThe wine's ageing potential is around 30 years.
Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Wine Advocateand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2018 vintage in PomerolAfter the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
- Ageing potentialThe wine's ageing potential is around 30 years.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate98
- Vinous98
- Jeb Dunnuck97
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Wine Spectator93
The 2018 vintage in Pomerol
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 Pomerol. 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
2018 is stunningly aromatic with blue and black fruits coming to the fore, such as blackcurrants, blueberries and blackberries mingling with floral and spicy notes. The entry on the palate is very fleshy, while a dense mid-palate develops with tension and energy, providing extra length to the wine's finish. This is a vintage with succulent flesh and cocoa powder-like powdery tannins.
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 83 % Merlot
- 17 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 32 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Harvest: Merlot 19/09 to 01/10 – Cabernet Franc 04/10 (by hand, in low-capacity, open trays). Winemaking: Pre-fermentation cold-maceration for 4 days, in tank for 27 days. Vats: 22 epoxy coated concrete tanks, fully temperature controlled.
Ageing
70 % new barrels, 27 % one year old barrels & 3 % in amphoras. Length: 18 months.
Terroir
60 % grey clay and 40 % sandy gravel, resting on red clay
An offer on Château La Conseillante 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.