Bordeaux 2025: it’s a wrap!

VCC, L'If, Figeac, Calon-Ségur, Capbern

With the release this morning of Ausone and Las Cases, 2025 Bordeaux en primeur is (almost) over, with only a couple of great wines still waiting in the wings. This week has seen first growths Haut-Brion and Margaux, as well as a great Pichon Baron, which in Uncorked’s judgement narrowly won the battle of the Pichons this year. 

'I make my wine at Lafite and Latour, but my heart is in Calon.' The legend is that the Marquis de Ségur, who owned all three of these properties, uttered those words in the eighteenth century and inspired the heart-shaped logo on Calon-Ségur labels. Calon-Ségur has been inspiring wine lovers ever since; the 2025 Calon-Ségur has the beautiful marriage and concentration and freshness that defines the best of its vintage. And from vineyards close to the church of St-Estèphe, Calon's sibling property Capbern is always a brilliant value proposition; the 2025 has lovely energy and a cool, menthol freshness.

Many of the week's great releases have been on the right bank. Galloni calls 2025 L'If 'the best L'If to date... like no other vintage I have tasted thus far'. Uncorked agrees. Like its neighbour Cheval Blanc, St-Emilion property Figeac lies on the border with Pomerol, where more gravel in the soil means a significant proportion of Cabernet in the wine. The 2025 is exquisite (and exquisitely complex). And in Pomerol, from its vineyards between Pétrus and Le Pin, Vieux Château Certan has released a stunning 2025. Aromatically, the characteristic Merlot plum is given depth by the ripe Cabernet Franc, and a floral note that winemaker Guillaume Thienpont describes as 'between wisteria and chamomile'. /NT

Offered subject to remaining unsold. Wines expected to arrive spring 2028.To place an order, click on the wines below or call 020 7638 5998