Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2020 vintage in MargauxAn early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness.
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Jeb Dunnuck95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Vinous93
- Wine Spectator91
The 2020 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: An early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. 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
- 55 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 40 % Merlot
- 5 % Petit Verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2020 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2020 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 40 hl/haYield
Winemaking
Elimination of lateral vine shoots. First de-leafing (on the east-facing side): June/July. Severe bunch thinning: beginning of August. Second de-leafing (on the west-facing side). Grapes are entirely hand-picked in ten-kilo crates. Sorting before and after de-stemming. Light crushing of the grapes before going into vats. Cold maceration for around 10 days at 8°C. Alcoholic fermentations: September 12 - October 20. Vinification with a gentle pumping over every day. Vatting time: 30-35 days. Running off: October 6 - November 9. Malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Ageing
60% new oak barrels. Stirring of the lies with the Oxoline rack system. First racking: in April.
Terroir
The fragmented layout of the property offers an interesting diversity of soils, with three main types of terroir: clay-limestone and clay-gravel soils suited to Merlot, clay-gravel and gravel soils for Cabernet Sauvignon, and gravel for Petit Verdot. A soil survey has been carried out parcel by parcel. At once firm and unctuous, this is a wine of great character and great ageing potential, born to span decades. The generous proportion of Merlot in the blend also makes it very enjoyable in its early years.
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Texts and documents 2020
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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.