Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 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
- James Suckling95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Vinous94
- Decanter92
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
- 60 % Merlot
- 40 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 52 % merlot, 45 % cabernet sauvignon, 2 % petit verdot, 1 % cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2021 sheet
- 28 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Harvest dates: from 28th Sept. to 14th Oct. 2021. Initial sorting in the vines. Manual sorting of the clusters, optical sorting of the berries. Gravity-flow into wooden and stainless steel vats, various sizes from 25 to 70 hectolitres. Prefermentation maceration at 8°C. Punching down entirely by hand. Vatting period: 28 days. Running off directly into French oak barrels and foudres. Malolactic fermentation in barrels (2/3 new and 1/3 second-fill).
Ageing
Aging for 18 months in oak barrels.
Terroir
Clay gravels dating back to the end of the Pliocene epoch and the Quaternary period.
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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.