Why this vintage
- 96/100 from Wine Enthusiastand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in Pessac-LéognanFrost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
Critic scores
- Wine Enthusiast96
- James Suckling95
- Vinous93
- Jeb Dunnuck92
The 2021 vintage in Pessac-Léognan
Vintage benchmark: 86/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost, mildew, then a cool summer brought back Bordeaux of old: taut, vibrant wines, shorter but elegant.
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 2021 vintage
- 67 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 32 % Merlot
- 1 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2021 sheet
- 45.25 hl/haYield
- 28 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Manual harvest by intra-plot passes, double sorting tables, optical sorting (X-tri). Vinification: double cap, thermoregulated stainless steel and oak vats. Vat period: 3 weeks.
Ageing
Early blending, traditional ageing on fine lees in French oak barrels, 65% new oak. Ageing period: in process. Oenologiste consultant: Eric Boissenot.
Terroir
Quaternary Günzian well-drained gravels and clay gravels on shelly limestone and clay subsoil.
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Texts and documents 2021
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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.