Bordeaux 2025: classy wines from a great vintage

Léoville, Langoa, Cos, Gruaud, Latour-Martillac, Montlandrie

We've had some important releases from Bordeaux this week. Cos d'Estournel feels every inch a truly great wine (Galloni calls it 'a masterpiece') and at less than half the release price of the 2022 vintage, it feels like a bargain to boot. The Bordelais seem to be getting the message on pricing, and there are some tremendous values to be had this campaign. From St-Julien we've had stablemates Léoville and Langoa Barton. These two properties have been in the hands of the same family longer than any other Bordeaux classed growth (since the 1820s) and are very much elegant, old-school St-Julien. Also in St-Julien, Gruaud Larose marks the 300th anniversary of its foundation with a seriously impressive 2025.

From Pauillac, we've had Claire Villars-Lurton's Haut-Bages Liberal. With vines in two blocks, one next to Latour, the other behind Pichon Baron, this is always a serious proposition. Ms Villars-Lurton also owns Margaux third growth Ferrière. With some very old vines on the deep gravel of the plateau, yields are low here, but the wine enjoys the glossy excellence of tannins that all the commune of Margaux seems to have enjoyed in 2025. Also from Margaux, silky Kirwan is excellent and well-priced.

From down the road in Pessac, we've had the Kressmann family's Latour-Martillac. They make one of our favourite Bordeaux whites: the 2025 is fresh and textured, with an excellent balance between richness and crispness, with Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc both in evidence but neither dominant. The red here is also lovely, vibrant and plummy, a little darker than it often is but full of freshness, with gravelly Graves typicité. But not all the action this week has been on the left bank. From over the river, we've also had the brilliant value Durantou wines: Les Cruzelles and La Chenade (both Lalande-de-Pomerol), Saintayme (St-Emilion) and Montlandrie (Castilllon). /NT

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