Saint-Estèphe · vintage 2012
Why this vintage
- The 2012 vintage in Saint-EstèpheA late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
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The 2012 vintage in Saint-Estèphe
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Estèphe. 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
Beautiful ruby red color. Intense nose of fresh red fruits reminiscent of strawberry and cherry. On the palate, the tannins combine a very fine texture and a persistent structure. La Croix Bonis 2012 provides a lot of pleasure thanks to its roundness, its fat and its length on the palate.
Blend of the 2012 vintage
- 50 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 50 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 30 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Fermentation in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats for 3 weeks
Ageing
In oak barrels of 2 wines for 12 months supplemented by ageing in vats
Terroir
The terroir of Phélan Ségur, situated in the eastern part of the commune of Saint-Estèphe bordering the estuary, is made up of gravelly alluvium deposited when the Garonne was a torrential river 650,000 years ago. It consists of pebbles and, above all, gravel coated in clayey sands. The varying thickness of these deposits is readily apparent, since it is what shapes the undulating landscape of much of the Saint-Estèphe area. The alluvial layers are supported by a marine formation of limestone dating back to the period when the tip of the Médoc, close to the ocean, lay beneath the waters.
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Texts and documents 2012
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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.