Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page. The estate does not publish the share of each grape variety: they are listed without proportions.
Located 35 km east of Bordeaux, the Château de Sales vineyard lies in the north-west of the Pomerol appellation. With 47.50 hectares under vine out of the 90 that make up the estate, Château de Sales is the largest property in the Pomerol appellation. The soils are formed of small gravels and sands with some clayey parts, and iron oxide, known as "crasse de fer" (iron pan), is present throughout.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | — |
| 2023 | — | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. | — |
| 2022 | — | The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness. | — |
| 2021 | — | Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth. | — |
| 2020 | — | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. | fiche · PDF |
| 2019 | — | A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | — | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.
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