Why this vintage
- 94/100 from James Sucklingand 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
- James Suckling94
- Vinous94
- Wine Advocate93
- Jeb Dunnuck93
- Wine Enthusiast93
- Decanter92
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 (75%), Cabernet Franc (24%), Cabernet Sauvignon (1%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cabernet franc.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 13.6 % vol.Alcohol
- 45 hl/haYield
- 38 yrsVine age
- 100,000 bottlesProduction
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
40% new barrels, 40% one-year barrels, 10% 400L barrels, 10% amphorae. Bottled 21 months after the harvest.
Terroir
Clay-siliceous over crasse de fer (blue clays) and ancient sands over blue clays.
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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.