Saint-Julien · vintage 2024
Why this vintage
- 94-95 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2024 vintage in Saint-JulienA rainy spring and a difficult flowering reduced the crop; the dry October saved fine, light, easy-drinking wines.
Critic scores
- James Suckling94-95
- Jeb Dunnuck90-92
- Decanter92
- Wine Advocate89-91
The 2024 vintage in Saint-Julien
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A rainy spring and a difficult flowering reduced the crop; the dry October saved fine, light, easy-drinking wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Julien. 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
"A refined nose, with aromas of tobacco and cedar lending a certain classicism, but also a few notes of Ente plum, cherry and wild strawberry. The palate is generous, with driving, energetic substance and a lovely clay-like grain. A certain tension can be felt, resting on a very fruity frame, followed by a lush finish." - Le Figaro
Blend of the 2024 vintage
- 84 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 10 % Merlot
- 6 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2024 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 67 % cabernet sauvignon, 28 % merlot, 5 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2024 sheet
- 45 yrsVine age
- 150,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Parcel and intra-parcel selection
102 temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for 103 vine parcels
Variable vat capacity: from 36 to 220 hl
Lots classified by grape variety, vine age, terroir and
grape ripeness
Vinification at 26-28°C for 18 to 25 days
Moderate daily pump-over, or rack-and-return, or punching down
Malolactic fermentation by co-inoculation
Ageing
Ageing for 21 months. 50% new barrels. Fining with egg whites in barrel. Final blend before bottling
Terroir
Located in the Saint-Julien appellation, the vineyard extends over two gravel rises of « Günzian » origin running north-south. Sometimes fine, sometimes coarser, these gravels are accompanied either by sand or by ferruginous clay. At an altitude of 24 metres, the centre of the estate is the highest point in Saint-Julien. Of the property's total area of 157 hectares, 118 hectares are planted to vine and most of the parcels are drained. The planting, entirely in keeping with the Médoc terroir, consists of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Cabernet Sauvignon brings structure and ageing potential, Merlot roundness and flesh, and Petit Verdot fruit and complexity.
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Texts and documents 2024
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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.