The 2005 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 98/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A drought that never stalled ripening gave opulent, perfectly structured merlots: a legendary vintage.
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 2005 vintage
- 70 % Merlot
- 30 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2005 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 2005 sheet
- 35 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Concrete vats, temperature controlled. Malolactic fermentation in barrels, new for 80 %.
Ageing
70 % new barrels, 30 % one wine barrels
Terroir
16 hectares of clay & limestone plateau, 2 hectares of clay slopes, 4 hectares of sandy slopes.
An offer on Château Soutard 2005
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Texts and documents 2005
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Visuals
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