Grands crus atlas
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. The estate does not publish the share of each grape variety: they are listed without proportions.
Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation -1 to 31 m · average slope 2.6°
Enlarge the plateExplore in 3D
In the 3D view: drag to rotate, scroll to zoom, Shift+drag to pan, double-click to reset.
Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
The grand vin of Château Lafite Rothschild needs no introduction. As early as 1815, Abraham Lawton already ranked it at the very top: « I have classed it as possessing the greatest elegance and delicacy and the finest sap of the three [premiers crus] », a ranking confirmed in 1855.
The vineyard comprises three main areas: the slopes around the Château, the Carruades plateau adjoining it to the west, and a 4.5 ha parcel in the neighbouring commune of Saint Estèphe. The vineyard covers 112 ha of fine, deep gravel soils mixed with aeolian sands over a Tertiary limestone subsoil, well drained and well exposed. The grape varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (3%) and Petit Verdot (2%). The average age of the vines is 38 years overall, but it should be noted that vines under 10 years old (20 ha) do not go into the grand vin, so that the average age of the vines contributing to the grand vin is closer to 45 years. The oldest parcel, known as « La Gravière », was planted in 1886.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99-100 James Suckling | A dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | 96-97 James Suckling | A rainy spring and a difficult flowering reduced the crop; the dry October saved fine, light, easy-drinking wines. | fiche · PDF |
| 2023 | 99 Decanter | July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | 100 Wine Advocate | After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material. | fiche · PDF |
| 2015 | 100 Wine Enthusiast | A hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit. | fiche · PDF |
| 2014 | 98 James Suckling | A gloomy summer redeemed by an Indian summer: the cabernets are radiant and the freshness is true to the Médoc. | fiche · PDF |
| 2012 | — | A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut. | fiche · PDF |
| 2011 | — | A scorching spring followed by a wet August turned the seasons upside down: classic wines, shorter but true to type. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | 100 Wine Advocate | A dry summer and cool nights concentrated small berries: a benchmark vintage, with dense tannins and a thirty-year aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2009 | 100 James Suckling | A sun-drenched season from start to finish gave opulent, fleshy wines, immediately appealing yet built for the cellar. | fiche · PDF |
| 2008 | 98 Wine Advocate | A bright late season saved a cool summer: wines of unexpected freshness and aromatic precision. | fiche · PDF |
| 2007 | 94 Wine Advocate | A cool, wet summer demanded strict selection: light, delicious wines, to be drunk young. | fiche · PDF |
| 2006 | 95 Wine Advocate | Rain at véraison followed by a dry September gave classic, balanced wines with fine freshness, without the density of 2005. | fiche · PDF |
| 2005 | 100 James Suckling | Drought without any halt in ripening, together with cool nights, gave a legendary vintage: concentrated, with firm tannins and very long aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2004 | 95 Wine Advocate | High yields and a dry September gave a classic, unexaggerated vintage, straightforward, now at its peak. | fiche · PDF |
| 2003 | 100 Wine Advocate | The historic heatwave halted ripening in young vines: very ripe, low-acid wines, at their best in Saint-Estèphe, where the clays held on to freshness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2002 | 94 Wine Advocate | A dry, bright October redeemed a mediocre summer: the Médoc's cabernets fared well, the merlots far less so. | fiche · PDF |
| 2000 | 100 James Suckling | After a wet spring, a dry summer and a perfect September gave the decade's first great vintage: dense, complete, with very long aging potential. | fiche · PDF |
“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.
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
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.
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.
Château Haut-Batailley
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
Château Pédesclaux
Château Pibran
Château Pichon Baron
Les Tourelles de Pichon Baron
Château Pichon Comtesse
Château Lynch-Bages
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Duhart-Milon
Château Clerc Milon
Château d'Armailhac
Château Pontet-Canet