Bordeaux 2025: 'Yes yes yes'

GPL, Pichon Lalande, Brane, Giscours, La Mission, Haut-Bailly

Emmeline Borie foresaw the success of her 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste early in the season. 'Flowering happened very fast, just like 2020 and 2022 - that's a marker for a great vintage.' The Borie family arrived here in 1978 and their dedication, work and investment since then has led to what is arguably the greatest era in the property's history. 2025 also saw the inauguration of a new, gravity-fed cellar with a greater range of small vats, and it has all led to a beautiful, very precise 2025 Grand-Puy-Lacoste. And take a close look at the £228/6 price. In 2006, 2005 Grand-Puy-Lacoste (a vintage of comparable quality) was released at £210/6, which the Bank of England inflation calculator suggests would be £373 in today’s money. Who says Bordeaux pricing is going wrong?

Also in Pauillac, Pichon Lalande is one of the great wines of the Médoc. With vineyards sandwiched between Latour and Pichon Baron, it couldn't ask for better neighbours, and frequently vies with the first growths for quality. Nicolas Glumineau arrived as General Manager and Winemaker in 2012, and vintage after vintage since has comfortably vindicated Pichon Lalande's super-second status. The 2025 is both powerful and finely delineated, the epitome of class.

Brane-Cantenac was the very first wine we tasted in Bordeaux this year, and it was an instant wake-up call to the quality of the vintage. The beautiful layering of aromatics and textured, confident fruit are complemented by exquisitely silky tannins. 'Yes yes yes', reads Jane Anson's note, and Uncorked couldn't agree more. Owner Henri Lurton places it between the 2016 and the 2022 in both style and quality. Also from Margaux this week, we've had an arrestingly attractive Giscours and the great value Siran. Pessac has given us La Mission and Haut-Bailly, with its potentially perfect 98-100 Jane Anson score, while Nenin raised the flag for Pomerol. /NT

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