The 2021 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.
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 2021 vintage
- 60 % Merlot
- 30 % Cabernet franc
- 10 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 60 % merlot, 30 % cabernet franc, 10 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2021 sheet
- 25 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Harvest from 24 September to 8 October 2021. Thermoregulated stainless steel and concrete tanks.
Ageing
18 months of ageing: 55% in new barrels, 35% in tanks, 10% in amphorae.
Terroir
A Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé since the first classification of 1955, Château Laroze spreads its 27 hectares of vines at the foot of the northwest slope of Saint-Émilion and its medieval village, 1.5 km from the village. The vines wrap around the château. Soil tilling, grass cover between the rows, drainage of the plots, organic amendments and a ban on weed-killers help the roots penetrate a soil of silica laid over a layer of clay. The quality of this terroir is favourable to the development of Cabernet Franc.
An offer on Château Laroze 2021
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Texts and documents 2021
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Visuals
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