The 2003 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 87/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: The heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. 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 2003 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 30 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2003 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 63 % merlot, 23 % cabernet franc, 11 % cabernet sauvignon, 3 % malbec — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2003 sheet
- 13.5 % vol.Alcohol
- 30 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Thermoregulated concrete tanks
Ageing
60% new barrels, 40% one-year-old barrels
Terroir
70 % of clay & limestone plateau, 17 % of clay slopes, 13 % of sandy slopes.
An offer on Château Soutard 2003
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Texts and documents 2003
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Visuals
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