Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page. The estate does not publish the share of each grape variety: they are listed without proportions.
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Why buy it
Premier Grand Cru Classé AAt the top of the Saint-Émilion classification, across forty-two hectares.
Three terroirs, from plateau to foot of slopeThe limestone plateau 85 metres above the Dordogne, the south-facing slope, and the sands at the foot of the slope.
100/100 from James Suckling in 2020Sixteen vintages at 95 or above since 2000, never below 95 since 2009.
Vines aged thirty-seven yearsTwenty-one hectolitres per hectare, 65% new barrels during ageing.
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.
Estate figures
42 haArea
2025 vintage figures
14.34 % vol.Alcohol
21 hl/haYield
37 yrsVine age
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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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.