Saint-Émilion · vintage 2015
Why this vintage
- 92-94 from Wine AdvocateBarrel-sample tasting range. And 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2015 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate92-94
- Vinous93
- James Suckling92
- Wine Spectator92
The 2015 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 98/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth.
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 dark, vivid color. A very expressive nose of ripe fruit with notes of red fruit, lightly spiced and floral. On the palate, Côte de Baleau 2015 is powerful and rich, with a deliciously lush texture and very good balance. The tannins are supple and silky, ensuring a fine length on the palate.
Blend of the 2015 vintage
- 90 % Merlot
- 5 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2015 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet franc, merlot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2015 sheet
- 38 hl/haYield
- 31 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
In temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks
Ageing
12 to 14 months of ageing (1/3 new barrel, 1/3 one-wine barrel, 1/3 stainless steel tank)
Terroir
Clay-limestone and clay-sand.
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Texts and documents 2015
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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.