Terroir
sand and gravel
Surface area
31 ha
Planting density
7 200 pieds/ha
Yield
45 hl/ha
Grape variety
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot
Age of the vines
19 years
Winemaking
Traditional with thermoregulation, skin fermentation: short, soaking post-fermentation
Ageing
12 months in barrel
Harvests
90% mechanical and 10% manual (Petit Verdot)
Production
150 000 bottles
Sales and marketing
France, Belgium, Deutschland, Danemark, Japan, USA, China
Languages spoken
French, English, French, English, French, English, French, English, French, English, French, English, French, English, French, English
Tasting Notes
* - Guide Hachette 2013
Leur meilleure arme sera la qualité de leur production, qu’illustre ce beau 2009 à la livrée sombre. Prometteur par son bouquet naissant de fruits noirs et de grillé, avec une touche de poivron, ce vin développe un palais riche, rond et doté d’une belle mâche. Ses tannins mûrs et sa longue finale suggèrent une attente de quatre ans. (millésime 2009)
90/100 - Wine Enthusiast
While is certainly a structured wine, it also has generous, full and ripe fruit flavors of black plum and berry, plus firm tannins and acidity. Saint Ahon, in the southern part of the Haut-Médoc, is showing great promise with this wine. (millésime 2010)
88/100 - Robert Parker
Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois tasting in London. The Saint Ahon 2011 has a pleasing bouquet with ample ripe blackberry, fresh strawberry and cedar aromas that waft temptingly from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with plush tannins: layers of strawberry and red cherry laced with graphite and dried orange peel. The finsih is long and satisfying. Very fine. (millésime 2011)