Saint-Émilion · vintage 2012
Why this vintage
- 98/100 from Jeb Dunnuckand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2012 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionMerlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank.
Critic scores
- Jeb Dunnuck98
- James Suckling96
- Vinous95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Wine Advocate93
The 2012 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 90/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. 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
«Luxe et richesse sont les deux mots qui viennent à l'esprit pour caractériser ce nez aussi réconfortant qu'un coussin de velours, avec en bouche un fruit précis, des tannins aussi étroits et sinueux qu'un chemin de campagne, et cette légère acidité qui laisse présager d'un très beau potentiel de garde.» - Le Figaro
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Blend of the 2012 vintage
Merlot(60%), Cabernet franc(25%), Cabernet-sauvignon(15%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 28 hl/haYield
- 33 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Vingt cuves en bois thermo régulées accueillent la vendange pour une cuvaison de trois semaines. Fermentation malolactique en barriques.
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Ageing
80% barriques neuves et 20% barriques d'un vin
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Terroir
Limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion, 85 m above the level of the Dordogne: clay-limestone soil over astéries limestone (two-thirds of the vineyard). Côte Pavie, 55 m in altitude, facing due south: fine-textured brown clay-limestone soil. Pied de Côte: sandy, sandy-clay and sandy-gravel soils.
An offer on Château Pavie 2012
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Texts and documents 2012
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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.