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Château Pédesclaux — Pauillac
Pauillac · France

Château Pédesclaux

Vineyard blend
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

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.

Bottle of Château Pédesclaux

Parcel plate

Château Pédesclaux — parcel plate by grape variety

Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation 3 to 22 m · average slope 2.3°

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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

The wine

The Grand Vin of Pédesclaux, very largely composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, fully expresses the identity of Pauillac. It develops great freshness underpinned by a straight, refined structure. Its balance between density and tension points to long ageing potential, characteristic of the great Cabernets of the Médoc, but also to a more approachable style, without sacrificing depth or elegance.

Terroir

2023 stands out as a vintage with strongly marked terroir nuances, in which each of our 19 soil types expresses itself with full typicity.

2025 vintage figures

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 critic scores

Vintages on record

VintageBest scoreVintage characterTechnical sheet
202595-96 James SucklingA dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.
202395 James SucklingJuly mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
202095 James SucklingAn early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness.fiche · PDF
201895 James SucklingAfter a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.fiche · PDF
201794 James SucklingApril frost cut the crop in half: the plots that were spared give fine, classic wines, and the vintage must be judged estate by estate.fiche · PDF
201696 James SucklingA very wet winter followed by a sun-drenched summer produced a rare balance, combining the depth of great years with genuine freshness.fiche · PDF
201594 James SucklingA hot summer tempered by August rains gave expansive wines, with rounded tannins and generous fruit.fiche · PDF
2014A gloomy summer redeemed by an Indian summer: the cabernets are radiant and the freshness is true to the Médoc.fiche · PDF
2013Coulure, mildew, then rain during the harvest: a light vintage, ready to drink.fiche · PDF
2012A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.fiche · PDF
2010A dry summer and cool nights concentrated small berries: a benchmark vintage, with dense tannins and a thirty-year aging potential.fiche · PDF

“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.

Other cuvées from the estate

An offer on Château Pédesclaux

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Texts and documents 2025

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Visuals

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Other châteaux in Pauillac

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.