Saint-Émilion · vintage 2016
Why this vintage
- 94/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2016 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionA dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast94
- Wine Advocate93
- Vinous92
- James Suckling91
- Decanter91
- Wine Spectator90
The 2016 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone.
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 2016 vintage
- 75 % Merlot
- 24 % Cabernet franc
- 1 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2016 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2016 sheet
- 39 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Various operations that vary according to plot lots and vintage: multiple small pump-overs, délestage (rack-and-return), punching down. Maceration temperature: 28°C.
Ageing
50% new barrels, 40% one-year barrels, 10% two-year barrels
Terroir
Clay-siliceous over crasse de fer (blue clays) and ancient sands over blue clays.
An offer on Château Grand Corbin Despagne 2016
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Texts and documents 2016
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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.