Why this vintage
- 96/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2022 vintage in MargauxThree heatwaves and extreme drought gave, against all odds, wines of exceptional concentration without harshness — the great sun-drenched year.
Critic scores
- Vinous96
- Jeb Dunnuck94-96
- Decanter96
- Wine Enthusiast96
- James Suckling94
- Wine Advocate93
The 2022 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 98/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Three heatwaves and extreme drought gave, against all odds, wines of exceptional concentration without harshness — the great sun-drenched year.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. 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.
Blend of the 2022 vintage
- 84 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 16 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2022 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 83 % cabernet sauvignon, 13 % merlot, 3 % cabernet franc, 1 % muscadelle — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2022 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 30 hl/haYield
Winemaking
Plot and tailor-made vinification. Alcoholic fermentation with natural yeast. Pumping over once a day for a soft extraction. 21 days of maceration. No input during all the vinification. No pesticide residues. Agroecology practices. Harvest dates — selective harvesting: 1st sort September 1st to 15th 2022, 2nd sort 19th September to 12th October 2022, 11 days of actual harvest.
Ageing
18 months: 70 % in new oak barrels, 30 % in amphorae TAVA.
Terroir
65 hectares of deep gravels with a matrix of sand and clay. Located in Margaux, Cantenac and Soussans in Margaux appellation.
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Texts and documents 2022
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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.