Fronsac · vintage 2018
The 2018 vintage in Fronsac
Vintage benchmark: 96/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Fronsac. 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
Color: very good intensity, lively, fresh hue Nose: note of small candied red fruits and spices Mouth: supple attack, very good length with a toasted finish
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 100 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with merlot, cot, cabernet franc, sauvignon blanc, sauvignon gris — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Label
Winemaking
Traditional from Bordeaux. Maceration for three weeks in thermoregulated vats.
Ageing
20% aged in recent barrels for one year.
An offer on Château Mayne Vieil 2018
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Texts and documents 2018
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 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.