Bordeaux EP 2025 - all wines released so far...

A flinty, zesty and tense white this year which is a blend of 70% Semillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc. Vibrant and crystalline with notes of lime blossom, hints of ginger and sourdough crumb this will come together well and is one of the great whites of this vintage.

The 2025 vintage for Suduiraut is clearly an exceptional on. Coming in at 158g/l this is an intense and concentrated wine but on the palate it dances with lift, tension and refreshment. Notes of grilled pineapple, saffron, honeydew melon and orange peel unfurl, and there is a delicate, savoury spice that emerges – a wine with real layers of complexity that will age for years to come.

The 2025 vintage for Suduiraut is clearly an exceptional on. Coming in at 158g/l this is an intense and concentrated wine but on the palate it dances with lift, tension and refreshment. Notes of grilled pineapple, saffron, honeydew melon and orange peel unfurl, and there is a delicate, savoury spice that emerges – a wine with real layers of complexity that will age for years to come.

A vibrant and energetic style with a dazzling purity of fruit. Violets, peony and a little cocoa-dusted cherry fruit lead to the finely crafted, sinewy finish.

Fonbel is routinely a value pick, but this year it is work paying attention to in particular. Effortlessly delicious, there is plenty of mouthcoating dark berry fruit, the Carmenere that is specific to Fonbel did so well this year. Excellent freshness and balance, every sip if great fun.

This vintage of Talbot has dark, brooding fruit with gravelly notes of graphite and iris root. There is a seriousness here with a supple, driven feel on the palate that leads to a juicy, and fleshy bramble finish.

A benchmark Gaffeliere, the Cabernet Franc speaks quite strongly here with notes of wild herbs, dark cherry and a hint of white pepper. Fine-grained and supple, the wine gains in momentum on the palate with a bright, vibrant and violet tinged finish. One of the best wines from this estate in recent years.

Always a more fleshy style, the 2025 Ormes de Pez is quite simply delicious. Silky and creamy in texture there is both finesse and elegance here. Lifted and well-defined aromatics of violets and dark cherry fruit, there is a sapidity and chiselled tension that remains bright to the finish.

This is modern style of Armailhac that is full of Pauillac character. Spiced notes lead on the nose with flavours of wild herbs, sandalwood with a subtle graphite tinge. Sinewy and bright there is plenty of fleshy cassis fruit and a vibrant line of acidity. Full of floral lift, there is compelling tension and elgance through the scultped finish.

Quite a serious wine this year, there is a restrained power at the core of the wine. Cooler, dark fruited in style, there is both tension and drama that floods the palate. Sinewy and tension, there is a fine-grained feel to the tannin with a tinge of iodine, graphite and iris root. There is a quiet power that expands on the finish, with notes of cedar and violet.

Explosive aromatics of violets and peony, this is a wonderfully stylish Laroque this year. Coating the palate with al dente cherry fruit, there is a silky and saline flow here. Notes of iodine, kelp and liquorice add nuance. Approachable young, this will age beautifully with super tension and elegance.

Explosive aromatics of violets and peony, this is a wonderfully stylish Laroque this year. Coating the palate with al dente cherry fruit, there is a silky and saline flow here. Notes of iodine, kelp and liquorice add nuance. Approachable young, this will age beautifully with super tension and elegance.

The 2025 Pontet Canet offers quite explosive aromatics with notes of blue fruits, black tea, and lavender. Rounded almost creamy merlot character of plum and red cherry coat the mid-palate with a bright line of acidity as a counterbalance. Showing a sinewy and supple tannic architecture, this finishes with a subtle earthy note of iris root and liquorice.

Tight and coiled, this has lovely energy pulsing through the wine behind a veil of ripe dark berry fruit. Notes of plums and cherry fruit, liquorice accented with mineral notes of graphite and gravel. This is delicious showing both lots of flesh and charm yet with a restraint and serious focus to match.

An elegant and finessed style of Duhart offering notes of tobacco leaf, graphite, cocoa and espresso. There is brightness here with lots of cherry fruit with scultpted, fine, sinewy tannin. Stony with a Pauillac gravelly focus it is a wine of freshness and energy, with a caressing and flowing feel to the finish.

A very elegant Giscours this year with wonderful aromatics offering notes of wild herbs, juniper, and ripe cassis fruit. There is a tension and energy running through the wine which feels quite coiled for now. This is very supple and tender with ripe tannin coated with generous fruit etched with a line of refreshness. The finish is long and full of violets, iris root and a little mineral accent.

A striking perfume here with notes of blue fruits, violets, and lavender. The tannins feel fine-grained, compact and polished. This Branaire has both flesh and density with a pure Cabernet character that comes forward. Sinewy a profile, this is a wine with excellent detail and definition.

Rich cassis fruit with cocoa and dark chocolate spice. This is a brilliantly balanced Batailley showing the flesh and mid-palate fruit of the warm summer while maintaining freshness and poise through the finish. Layers of violets, spice, creamy oak, and gravelly Pauillac minerality build on the palate to a long and cohesive finish. Great value this year.

Rich cassis fruit with cocoa and dark chocolate spice. This is a brilliantly balanced Batailley showing the flesh and mid-palate fruit of the warm summer while maintaining freshness and poise through the finish. Layers of violets, spice, creamy oak, and gravelly Pauillac minerality build on the palate to a long and cohesive finish. Great value this year.

Rich cassis fruit with cocoa and dark chocolate spice. This is a brilliantly balanced Batailley showing the flesh and mid-palate fruit of the warm summer while maintaining freshness and poise through the finish. Layers of violets, spice, creamy oak, and gravelly Pauillac minerality build on the palate to a long and cohesive finish. Great value this year.

Rich cassis fruit with cocoa and dark chocolate spice. This is a brilliantly balanced Batailley showing the flesh and mid-palate fruit of the warm summer while maintaining freshness and poise through the finish. Layers of violets, spice, creamy oak, and gravelly Pauillac minerality build on the palate to a long and cohesive finish. Great value this year.

Rich cassis fruit with cocoa and dark chocolate spice. This is a brilliantly balanced Batailley showing the flesh and mid-palate fruit of the warm summer while maintaining freshness and poise through the finish. Layers of violets, spice, creamy oak, and gravelly Pauillac minerality build on the palate to a long and cohesive finish. Great value this year.

A fine, gravelly character here the wine has both power and poise. It opens with notes of sandalwood, a little soy, dark berry fruit which shows a silky and rounded character. A big step up for this wine, this is both bold and tense. Seamless, gravelly, with mineral inflections. Certainly the best Haut Batailley to date.

This year the wine has a full 50% of Cabernet Franc in the blend, higher than usual. It is a bright, focused and brilliant Angelus this year with captivating aromatics of violets, juniper and wild herbs. Tense, vibrant and coiled through the palate, there is a scultped and seamless feel to the tannins. There is an understated intensity that builds through the palate to a vivid and sophisticated finish.

The Petit Verdot performed very well this year so it represents 4% of the final blend of the Grand Vin, the rest comprises of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. There is tension and rather chiselled profile here. Classic, not overstated, there is some flesh but also a brightness and energy. Very fine grain here, there is richness that amplifies with dark berry fruit, gravel, sandalwood and real poise on the finish.

This is all class. A rich, powerful wine with a cool mineral undertone. Iodine, violets, crushed rocks, a lot of graphite this is wine that seems etched with mineral and cassis. An exercise in controlled power, this is a bold and aristocratic wine, with regal confidence. Compelling tension on the finish.

A blend of 86% merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a classic Pomerol with rich, dark spiced fruits. There is flesh with with a well-defined and sculpted profile with refreshing lift of floral notes. Fragrant and quite finessed, there is tension and some drama here. A little drop of hedonism on the finish, there is something quite charming to this modern Evangile that has plenty of life to it.

The red, is a classically framed, sculpted Pessac full of gravelly, cassis-edged intensity. At only 12.5% alcohol, this has a bright, vibrant profile yet with waves of intensity. A blend of 30% Merlot, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot, there is a beautiful tension and drama to the wine.

There is a lot to love about this wine. It opens with restraint showing notes of black tea, iris root and violets. The huge intensity is evident from the moment it touches the palate. Tight knit tannin which feels velvety and seamless, refined and balanced. Absolute elegance here there is so much charm but a latent power. Flesh and power combined. Remarkable elegance behind gravelly intensity.

The 2025 Cos D’Estournel is a true success this year. Pin-sharp aromatics this open with spiced notes of incense and wild herbs. There is plenty of flesh and substance here but also a brightness and focus. There is a wonderful sense of tension that builds here coating the mouth with bright bramble fruit, hints of iris root and violets. There is intensity here yet also so much charm and finesse that carries through. One of the real standouts from the estate in recent years.

With a full 98% Cabernet Sauvignon this year, this is an exercise in both power and control. Dense blackcurrant fruit floods the palate with firm, fleshy tannin. Serious and brooding, the wine offers layer after layer of savoury complexity with notes of botanicals mingling with sinewy and chiselled Pauillac character. Bold and poised, this really builds through the palate, showing drama and energy.

A very classy, seductive La Mission with flows over the palate with a velvety charm and intensity. Violets, crushed rocks, sandalwood and soy. There is a seamless form that floats over the palate with a real mineral accent that wraps around the fruit. Superbly long, sapid, this is a wine of great definition, tension and elegance.

Classic Lynch Bages, the 2025 is brooding, inky, and dripping with violets, cassis, tobacco, pencil shavings. A wine of huge potential, this marries a muscular profile with finesse and definition. There is an athletic energy here with a pure Pauillac profile of gravelly intensity. A wine of excellent balance this will number among the best recent vintages from this estate.

The first vintage in the new cellar and the definition here is clear to see. There are beautifully defined aromatics of cedar and cocoa at first which melt into the gravelly cassis fruit. Charged with a mineral energy, this is a tension and vibrant wine that reflects the gravelly terroir of Pauillac so purely. Sinewy, sculpted tannin with plenty of flesh, this is going to be a long distance runner.

Another triumph for the Bartons but yields are low this year. Dark berry fruit, savoury spice, dense and very fine tannins. This Langoa is quite powerful and assertive yet with a sinewy, supple feel. Grows in power in the palate with a dazzling and super elegant finish. Lots of detail and poise here.

A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, and 1% Cabernet Franc and Carmenère. This is a standout wine from Brane this year. A wine of finesse and intensity it opens with sandalwood, incense, crushed rocks, and graphite. Dark cherry fruit floods the palate while the drive of Cabernet flashes through the palate. Confident, fluid, and very impressive this is an impeccable Brane that will develop into one of the most exciting releases of the campaign.