2025 Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac

2025 Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac

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.

Critic score
94/100 info
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Case, 6 Bottles
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£184.20
Bottle
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£30.70

Wine details

  • Region & country
    Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
  • Maturity
    Young 2030 - 2050info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)

Tasting notes

This delivers the classic character of a Left Bank wine with plenty of concentration and deep fruits. Rich plum on the nose, crayon and pumice stone, with sapid and supple blackcurrant and pomegranate fruits. Just the right level of austerity of a young Armailhac, and this is one of the few this year where I really do feel that squid ink that I love so much. Like 2023 this is a vintage that will benefit from its barrel maturation. 3.7 pH. Harvest September 9 to 20. 50% new oak. Lucie Lauilhé winemaker and director. A slow unroll. 3.7ph.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (May 2026)
94/100

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