Why this vintage
- 96/100 from James Sucklingand 6 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2023 vintage in Saint-EstèpheJuly mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
Critic scores
- James Suckling96
- Jeb Dunnuck95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Vinous94
- Wine Advocate91-93
- Wine Spectator93
- Decanter90
The 2023 vintage in Saint-Estèphe
Vintage benchmark: 91/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: July mildew followed by a hot September demanded strict selection: fleshy, aromatic wines, more approachable than 2022.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Estèphe. 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 2023 vintage
Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (38%), Petit verdot (2%)
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2023 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 58 % cabernet sauvignon, 39 % merlot, 1.5 % cabernet franc, 1.5 % petit verdot.
Figures from the 2023 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 35 yrsVine age
Terroir
The terroir of Phélan Ségur, in the eastern part of the commune of Saint-Estèphe bordering the estuary, is made up of gravelly alluvium deposited when the Garonne was a torrential river 650,000 years ago. It consists of pebbles and above all of gravel coated in clayey sands. The varying thickness of these deposits is readily apparent, since it is what determines the rolling landscape of much of the Saint-Estèphe area. The alluvial layers rest on a marine formation of limestone dating from the period when the tip of the Médoc, close to the ocean, lay beneath the sea.
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Texts and documents 2023
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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.