Saint-Estèphe is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for red wine in the Bordeaux region, located in the Médoc subregion. It takes its name from the commune of Saint-Estèphe and is the northernmost of the six communal appellations in Médoc. Five classified growths of 1855 are located within the appellation area. Saint-Estèphe has held AOC recognition since 1936.
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Saint-Estèphe is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. We track 260 of its wines in stock at 56 shops, from 36 wine houses, from € 9.23; mostly red.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- In our wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec
- Styles
- Red 257 · Rosé 2 · White 1
- Prices
- from € 9.23 · median € 60.04 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | € 401.25 | € 401.25 | – | hotdryso far +4.9 °C · 2,285 GDD · 27 % rain |
| 2025 | 4 | € 121.62 | € 139.08 | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.3 °C · 2,018 GDD · 36 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 9.23 | € 9.23 | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,550 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2023 | 15 | € 23.55 | € 116.40 | 96.2 (6 wines) | hot +2.2 °C · 1,990 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2022 | 30 | € 15.15 | € 53.35 | 94.0 (3 wines) | hotdry +3.0 °C · 2,169 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 2021 | 20 | € 27.00 | € 48.25 | 91.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,511 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2020 | 41 | € 18.06 | € 52.85 | 92.5 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,669 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2019 | 25 | € 22.90 | € 54.50 | 96.5 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,674 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2018 | 21 | € 34.79 | € 53.71 | 93.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.1 °C · 1,751 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2017 | 23 | € 35.50 | € 70.78 | 96.0 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,680 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2016 | 17 | € 26.63 | € 75.00 | 92.0 (1 wine) | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 1,526 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2015 | 10 | € 30.26 | € 40.29 | 93.0 (1 wine) | average +0.1 °C · 1,550 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2014 | 6 | € 34.79 | € 160.43 | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,579 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2013 | 6 | € 26.75 | € 48.75 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,402 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2012 | 1 | € 48.17 | € 48.17 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,479 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2011 | 8 | € 46.83 | € 78.07 | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,667 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2010 | 5 | € 77.00 | € 346.12 | 99.0 (1 wine) | cool −0.5 °C · 1,412 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,539 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2008 | 2 | € 170.00 | € 211.77 | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,275 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,388 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2006 | 2 | € 187.75 | € 193.49 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,707 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2005 | 1 | € 256.79 | € 256.79 | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 1,716 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,522 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.3 °C · 1,795 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,407 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,408 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,416 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,537 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,327 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,544 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,294 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1995 | 1 | € 267.46 | € 267.46 | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,532 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,454 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,297 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,376 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,511 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 1,790 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.9 °C · 1,719 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1988 | 1 | € 307.60 | € 307.60 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,388 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,497 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,355 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,326 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.4 °C · 1,227 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,364 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 1982 | 1 | € 668.84 | € 668.84 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,370 GDD · 118 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Saint-Estèphe's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Chateau Meyney 41 · Château Montrose 26 · Château Cos d'Estournel 22 · Château Calon-Ségur 14 · Château Les Ormes de Pez 10 · Château Lafon-Rochet 10 · Château Phélan-Ségur 9 · Château de Pez 7 · Château Haut-Marbuzet 7 · Château Capbern 6 · Château Lilian Ladouys 5 · Bordelaise des Grand Vins 5 · Château Le Crock 5 · Château Cos Labory 4 · Château Beau-Site 3 · Chateau DE Pez (Saint-Estephe) 3