Saint-Émilion · vintage 2013
The 2013 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 76/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual.
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
Beautiful purple color with ruby reflections. The nose contains small fresh red fruits (strawberry, redcurrant). The palate is expressive and delicately fruity. The dominant Merlot in the cuvée expresses all its velvety and fruity notes. This wine, with its supple character and integrated structure, allows it to be appreciated from an early age.
Blend of the 2013 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 30 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2013 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 85 % merlot, 15 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2013 sheet
- 10 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Cold fermentation for 72 hours. Maceration in vats. Each tank corresponds to a plot before blend.
Ageing
12 months in barrels and vats.
Terroir
Siliceous terroir overlying beds of gravel and clay
An offer on Château L'Église d'Armens 2013
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Texts and documents 2013
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
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.