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.
The vintage
The growing season was technically complicated because it was very rainy, and therefore conducive to mildew. But in June, a long dry, sunny period allowed the roots to tap into the deep clays. In early September, rain was welcome to complete ripening and trigger the harvest.
This vintage presents all the power and finesse of the terroir: softness, roundness and smoothness from the Merlots, and lovely tension from the Cabernets.
Blend of the 2020 vintage
- 80 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2020 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 80 % merlot, 18 % cabernet franc, 2 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2020 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 40 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Hand harvest, from 15 to 29 September, with berry sorting after destemming. Wooden or concrete vats.
Ageing
12 months in French oak barrels, 40% new.
Terroir
Silica on a bed of blue clay.
An offer on Château Grand Corbin 2020
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Texts and documents 2020
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Visuals
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