Saint-Émilion · France

Château La Clotte

Vineyard blend

85 % Merlot
15 % Cabernet Franc

Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.

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The wine

Acquired in 2014 by the Vauthier family, La Clotte is a four-hectare vineyard set against the southern escarpment of Saint-Émilion’s ramparts. Far from being a traditional château, ‘Clotte’ refers to an ancient vigneron’s cave dwelling, carved into the living rock of the village—a shelter where life, work and wine are one. The winery is built into the quarries beneath the village, with vinification and ageing taking place in the terroir itself, naturally cool, humid and stable. Directly above, the south-facing terraces bring the grapes to full ripeness. The wine is born from this tension: a natural plushness, held in check by limestone freshness and a signature saline minerality.

Terroir

Terraced hillside exposed south and northwest at the southern entrance to the village of Saint-Émilion. Clay-limestone soils.

Estate figures

4 haArea

2025 vintage figures

40 yrsVine age

Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.

Vintages on record

Vintage	Best score	Vintage character	Technical sheet
2025	—	A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.	fiche · PDF
2021	—	Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2020	—	An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.	PDF français

“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.

All technical sheets

The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.

Château La ClotteGrand vinRouge · 1 vintage

An offer on Château La Clotte

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Texts and documents 2025

The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.

Technical sheet (PDF)Technical sheet PDF · French Technical sheet PDF · English

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.

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