Saint-Estèphe · vintage 2018
Why this vintage
- 93/100 from Decanterand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2018 vintage in Saint-EstèpheAfter a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.
Critic scores
- Decanter93
- Vinous92
- Wine Enthusiast92
- James Suckling91
The 2018 vintage in Saint-Estèphe
Vintage benchmark: 95/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Estèphe. 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 2018 vintage
- 50 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 47 % Merlot
- 3 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 44 % merlot, 39 % cabernet sauvignon, 4 % chardonnay, 2 % cabernet franc, 3 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 30 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Fermentation en cuve inox. Extraction lente et douce
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Ageing
12 mois en barriques de chêne. 40 % de barriques neuves
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Terroir
Soil of Garonne gravels. Clay-limestone subsoil
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Texts and documents 2018
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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.