Saint-Émilion · vintage 2020
Why this vintage
- The 2020 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionAn early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.
- Limited production35 000 bottles of this vintage.
The 2020 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. 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 2020 vintage
- 90 % Merlot
- 10 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2020 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 89 % merlot, 11 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2020 sheet
- 41 hl/haYield
- 38 yrsVine age
- 35,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Gravitation - Long vatting in thermoregulated concrete vats - Gentle extraction with vertical pressure
Ageing
ageing time: 16 to 18 months in barrels Barrels: 50% new, 50% 1 wine
Terroir
Although it forms a single block of 11 hectares, the vineyard of Château Larcis Ducasse is planted on several geological formations. The character of the terroir stems from the presence of clay-limestone soils on due-south-facing slopes, which deliver very fine ripeness. Freshness and minerality, complexity and structure come from the range of different bedrocks, from the asteriated limestone of the plateau down to the iron-rich feldspathic sands at the foot of the slope. Such a palette of terroirs, combined with the grape varieties, gives rise to expressions that are as varied as they are complementary. This range feeds the complexity and the nobility of the wines produced at Château Larcis Ducasse.
An offer on Château Larcis Ducasse 2020
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Texts and documents 2020
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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.