Why this vintage
- 95/100 from Vinousand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2020 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionAn early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.
Critic scores
- Vinous95
- James Suckling94
- Wine Advocate93
- Decanter91
The 2020 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.
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 2020 vintage
- 75 % Merlot
- 24 % Cabernet Franc
- 1 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2020 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 2020 sheet
- 14.8 % vol.Alcohol
- 36 hl/haYield
- 38 yrsVine age
- 88,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
The beginning of harvesting period: 10/09/2020 Young Merlot, 14/09/2020 Merlot, 21/09/2020 Cabernets. Harvesting: manual with 5 consecutive sortings. Vinification: different operations that can vary according to plot batches and vintage: numerous short pump-overs, rack and return (delestage), punching down of the cap (pigeage). Bottling: 21 months after the harvest.
Ageing
50 % new barrels - 50 % one year old barrels.
Terroir
Siliceous-clay over iron deposits and ancient sands over clay.
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Texts and documents 2020
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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.