Pauillac · vintage 2012
Why this vintage
- 93/100 from Wine Advocateand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2012 vintage in PauillacA late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate93
- James Suckling90-91
- Wine Enthusiast91
- Vinous90
The 2012 vintage in Pauillac
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. 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
Château Pibran 2012 shows a dense color, with purple highlights very characteristic of the cru. The nose evokes nuances of fresh, well-ripened black fruit. The palate is fleshy, with juicy, precise tannins. This is a mineral, full-bodied Pauillac characterized by fully accomplished fruit ripeness. A wine for cellaring, it already expresses qualities worthy of its greatest predecessors.
Blend of the 2012 vintage
- 55 % Merlot
- 45 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 30 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for 15 days.
Ageing
In barrel (50% new oak and 50% one-year-old barrels) for 18 months.
An offer on Château Pibran 2012
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Texts and documents 2012
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
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.