Why this vintage
- 97/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionMildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.
Critic scores
- Vinous97
- James Suckling95
- Decanter95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Wine Spectator95
- Wine Advocate93
The 2023 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 92/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.
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.
Blend of the 2023 vintage
Merlot(58%), Cabernet franc(42%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 78 % merlot, 22 % cabernet franc, chardonnay.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 14.4 % vol.Alcohol
- 45 hl/haYield
Winemaking
The grapes remain in a cold room at 7°C for 12 hours before optical sorting. Plot vinification in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats filled by gravity. Cold pre-fermentation (8-10 degrees), hot post-fermentation (30 degrees). Alcoholic fermentation with pump-over and punching down. Malolactic fermentation in vats (75%) and barrels (25%). Vatting: 28 to 30 days. 10% in whole bunch vats (young Merlot vines).
Ageing
50% new barrels (including 12% 500L barrels). 2% TAVA amphorae.
Terroir
Limestone plateau, clay-limestone slope, more siliceous foot of the slope.
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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.