Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Wine Advocateand 6 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in SauternesA mild, humid autumn allowed for long picking passes: balanced wines, carried by freshness.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate98
- James Suckling97
- Decanter97
- Wine Spectator97
- Vinous94
- Jeb Dunnuck94
- Wine Enthusiast92
The 2023 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A mild, humid autumn allowed for long picking passes: balanced wines, carried by freshness.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Sauternes. 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
The wine reveals aromas of vine flowers, gunflint and toasted notes of Botrytis, underscored by a touch of dried fig. Full-bodied and complex, it shows itself generous, with an elegant bitterness and a lovely freshness that perfectly balances the sweetness. It lingers delicately on notes of white flowers.
Blend of the 2023 vintage
Sémillon(95%), Sauvignon Blanc(4%), Muscadelle(1%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with sémillon, sauvignon blanc, muscadelle.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 52 yrsVine age
Ageing
New barrels: 20%. Ageing period: 18 months.
Terroir
Clay-limestone.
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Texts and documents 2023
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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.