Sauternes · vintage 2013
Why this vintage
- 98-99 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2013 vintage in SauternesImpossible for the reds, the 2013 autumn was ideal for botrytis: precise, radiant sweet wines.
Critic scores
- James Suckling98-99
- Wine Enthusiast97
- Wine Advocate96
- Vinous92
- Decanter91
The 2013 vintage in Sauternes
Vintage benchmark: 92/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: Impossible for the reds, the 2013 autumn was ideal for botrytis: precise, radiant sweet wines.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Sauternes. 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 2013 vintage
- 70 % Sémillon
- 30 % Sauvignon blanc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2013 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with sémillon, sauvignon blanc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2013 sheet
- 100,000 bottlesProduction
Winemaking
Fermentation takes place in barrels in order to promote the perfect conduct of this phase, the most delicate and mysterious of wine production.
Ageing
30 months in barrels
Terroir
Here, in a rare alchemy, all the favourable elements of the Sauternais come together. The soils, warm and quick-drying at the surface, benefit from the heat stored by the large gravel stones. They also hold good water reserves owing to the clay nature of their lower layers. Many springs indeed come to the surface, and the control of the soil's water regime long ago prompted the installation of drainage. The great extent of Yquem has made it possible to plant the vineyard across a very wide range of the geological mosaic of the Sauternais. The extraordinary variety of soils that results is a fundamental element in the final complexity of the wine of Yquem.
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Texts and documents 2013
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, 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.