Pessac-Léognan · vintage 2023
Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Jeb Dunnuckand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in Pessac-LéognanJuly mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
Critic scores
- Jeb Dunnuck98
- Decanter97
- Wine Enthusiast97
- Wine Advocate94-96
- Vinous96
- Wine Spectator94
The 2023 vintage in Pessac-Léognan
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pessac-Léognan. 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.
Tasting
The satisfaction of the challenges overcome is followed by the joy of a wine that is both ample and opulent, fresh and pure, rich in these varied weather conditions. The Merlots, of a quality at least equal to that of 2022, have the roundness and charm of modernity. Cabernets have the beauty and purity of classicism. From Antiquity to the present day, this is the journey that the 2023 vintage invites us to take.
Blend of the 2023 vintage
- 58 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 34 % Merlot
- 4 % Cabernet franc
- 4 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 60 % cabernet sauvignon, 34 % merlot, 3 % cabernet franc, 3 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 80,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
3 weeks in thermo-regulated cement vats then in stainless steel vats for blend and placement.
Ageing
16 months in barrels (50 to 65% new) - Fining with egg white
Terroir
A Grand Cru Classé at the gates of Bordeaux, Château Haut-Bailly looks out majestically over a 30-hectare vineyard in a single block, established on one of the highest gravel rises of the left bank. It benefits from an excellent gradient of the slopes, effective drainage and well-distributed ditches that carry the water away in wet years. Of the three components of terroir, the soil is the most subtle: here it combines a soil of sands mixed with gravels that slipped down in the Quaternary era with a subsoil of falun, or petrified fossil stone, which is one of its major characteristics.
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Texts and documents 2023
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. 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.