The 2012 vintage in Haut-Médoc
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 Haut-Médoc. 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 2012 vintage
- 55 % Cabernet Sauvignon
- 40 % Merlot
- 5 % Cabernet Franc
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
- 55 hl/haYield
- 40 yrsVine age
Label
Winemaking
Manual harvesting in small crates, from September 28th to October 15th, with sorting of the grapes before de-stemming. Classical wine making, with native yeasts, in lined concrete and stainless steel vats, temperature-controlled. Malolactic fermentation in vats, without addition of lactic bacterium.
Ageing
Ageing in 100 % new oak barrels during 12 months. Racking every 3 months, by the plug. No fining of the wine. No filtration.
Terroir
Gravel over a clay-limestone sub-soil.
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Texts and documents 2012
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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.