Why this vintage
- 95/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2019 vintage in Pessac-LéognanA hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Jeb Dunnuck94
- Decanter94
- Vinous93
The 2019 vintage in Pessac-Léognan
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A hot end of summer after a rainy spring gave wines that hold ripeness and freshness together; the cabernets shine here.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pessac-Léognan. 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 2019 vintage
- 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 20 % Merlot
- 15 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2019 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 55 % merlot, 40 % cabernet sauvignon, 5 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2019 sheet
- 14.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 35.2 hl/haYield
Winemaking
We began the red harvest with the Merlot on Thursday 19 September, continuing until 1 October — 13 days in all (we usually pick within under 10 days). The Cabernet Franc was picked over two days, on 30 September and 1 October. Finally, the Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested between 2 and 11 October (over 10 days). In total, 24 days of red harvest, compared with around a fortnight in a typical year! Yields were low, at 35.2 hl/ha, with remarkable tannin concentration and ripeness. The selection for the grand vin represents 65% of production.
Terroir
Area in production: 58 ha. Soil type: gravel over a soil with a clay-sand matrix (between 2 and 4 metres deep), on a limestone subsoil.
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Texts and documents 2019
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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.