Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in PomerolFrost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Decanter95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Jeb Dunnuck93
- Vinous92
- Wine Spectator90
The 2021 vintage in Pomerol
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pomerol. 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
In continuation of the renewal of Petit-Village which was initiated with the 2020 vintage, the 2021 confirms the extraordinary potential of this exceptional clay soil. Always very distinctive, thanks to the Cabernets, the wine is distinguished by a beautiful aromatic freshness, exceptional velvety tannins and a remarkable and persistent finish. — Vincent Priou, General Director
Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 65 % Merlot
- 26 % Cabernet Franc
- 9 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 75 % merlot, 18 % cabernet franc, 7 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2021 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 25 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Harvest September 29th - October 5th. Precise plot and intra-plot selection, harvest separated from all co-planted vines. Placed in cold chambers to cool down the crop to 6°C. Meticulous selection and strict sorting: manually per parcel, automatic destemmer and final sorting table by hand. New in 2021: Trial of densimetric sorting in order to maintain quality standards. Parcel based vinification in small, thermoregulated, concrete vats. Cold pre-fermentation maceration followed by alcoholic fermentation.
Ageing
50% New Oak, 6 different coopers, small selection aged in amphora, 16 months. Malolactic fermentation in new barrels for the best Merlot plots.
Terroir
Soil: Deep Gravel and Clay. Size: 10.5 hectares. Altitude: Pomerol Plateau 38m.
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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.