Why this vintage
- 97/100 from James Sucklingand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionMildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.
Critic scores
- James Suckling97
- Vinous96
- Jeb Dunnuck95
- Decanter95
- Wine Advocate94
- Wine Spectator91
The 2023 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 92/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.
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 2023 vintage
- 86 % Merlot
- 14 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 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 2023 sheet
- 14.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 43 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Vineyard management: ongoing search for balances thanks to traditional light ploughing, spontaneous natural growth or inter-row planting. Continual programme of renovation of the vines: grubbing up, complantation and replanting. Numerous manual interventions: de-budding, leaf-thinning and green harvest. 100% hand-picked harvest. Harvests: Merlots from September 14th to 25th. Cabernets francs on September 23rd and 25th. Vatting : 25-28 days.
Ageing
Aging: 16 to 18 months in barrels. Barrels: 50 % new, 50 % of 1 year.
Terroir
10% of limestone-clay plateau on asteriated limestone, 55% of south-facing terraces (slope up to 25%), very shallow loamy clay soils on asteriated limestone, 35% of limestone-clay colluvial soils on hillsides.
An offer on Château Larcis Ducasse 2023
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Texts and documents 2023
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 28, 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.