Saint-Julien · vintage 2024
Why this vintage
- 97-98 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 4 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 Suckling97-98
- Vinous94-96
- Jeb Dunnuck94-96
- Wine Advocate93-95
- Decanter92
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
"The deep, fresh nose once again introduces a truly great Las Cases. On the palate, there's no doubt: its precision, brilliance and persistence make it a model of the vintage. Its tour de force lies in combining impressive power with great finesse on the finish. It unfurls a fantastic length." - RVF
Blend of the 2024 vintage
- 84 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 11 % Cabernet franc
- 5 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2024 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 64 % cabernet sauvignon, 19 % merlot, 17 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2024 sheet
- 31 hl/haYield
- 200,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Traditional - 12 to 20 days in wood, concrete and stainless steel vats
Ageing
16 to 20 months in French oak barrels (60 to 100% new) - Fined with fresh egg whites
Terroir
The Clos holds a terroir of very great complexity. Made up mainly of Quaternary gravel on a sandy-gravelly and clayey-gravelly subsoil, clays of varying depth and compactness are also found, sometimes even outcropping. The proximity of the Gironde is responsible for this great diversity of soils, created over successive geological periods through superimposition. In addition, the river generates a very specific microclimate that allows the grapes to ripen very early and protects the vineyard from frost. This range of geological combinations influences the development of the vine and the composition of the grapes: a regular but limited water supply and very low nutrient input favour the expression of the great Cabernet Sauvignons and Cabernet Francs, which very often reach their quintessence whatever the vintage. This incomparable terroir gives the grand vin its unique personality.
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Texts and documents 2024
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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.