White Bordeaux
| WHITE | 2025 | Château Margaux - Pavillon Blanc du Margaux | 75cl | £1,452 per case of 6 | Château Margaux Pavillon Blanc du Margaux 2025 / / 75cl £1,452 per case of 6 |
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Tasting Notes"The 2025 Pavillon Blanc, crafted entirely from Sauvignon Blanc, reveals a profile marked by confit citrus alongside notes of herbs and white fruits. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s rich and dense yet enveloping and is built around a fleshy core of fruit with notable plenitude and aromatic intensity. Bright, well-defined acidity brings balance, leading into a long, ethereal and perfumed finish. In the context of a notably dry vintage for white wines, this stands out as a clear success. Harvested between August 18 and 22, with yields of 16 hectoliters per hectare, it matured in 20% new oak, with less bâtonnage than usual, and has a pH of 3.14. 93-95 points" Yohan Castaing, RobertParker.com------"The 2025 Pavillon Blanc is a total stunner. Tangerine peel, white peach, passion fruit and white pepper are some of the many notes that soar from the glass. The team opted for less bâtonnage than most years, as the fruit was already quite rich. Yields were just 16 hectoliters per hectare. The 2025 is an unusually exotic Pavillon Blanc, a wine with a very strong personality. I find it compelling, but I can also imagine some readers may find it a bit too rich. 2028 - 2040. 94-96 points." Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Apr '26------"This is long and rich, beautifully drawn out, with hints of bitter almonds, preserved lemon, elderflower, steel, gunsmoke. Clear concentration, with the same intensity of flavour as you get in the red wines of Margaux this vintage, structured with plentiful phenolics despite lower less stirring than usual. Smallest number of bottles ever produced because low 16hl/ha yield and 45% of the crop, so just 7,000 bottles. Hold +3 years ideally, and carafe. Harvest August 18-22, picked in between two heat spikes. 96 points" janeanson.com------"A complete sauvignon blanc with sliced pear, apple and lemon aromas and flavors with a full body and a polished texture that is caressing and beautiful. It is crunchy and a bit richer than many Pavillon Blancs. 97-98 points." James Suckling, Apr '26------"All Sauvignon Blanc raised in 20% new barriques, the 2025 Château Margaux Pavillon Blanc checks in at 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.14. It has a riper-than-usual nose of citrus, honeyed lemon, white flowers, and chalky minerality, and on the palate, it's rich, pure, and concentrated, with remarkable depth and focus. As always, this is a brilliant, singular, absolutely riveting expression of Sauvignon Blanc. 97-99 points." Jeb Dunnuck, Apr '26 |
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| WHITE | 2025 | Château Rieussec - R de Rieussec' | 75cl | £230 per case of 12 | Château Rieussec R de Rieussec' 2025 / / 75cl £230 per case of 12 |
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Tasting NotesNo tasting notes for the 2025 are available as yet, but Jane Anson wrote this about the 2024 vintage: "This is succulent and precise, definitely one to look out, plenty of energy and lift through the palate, elderflower, citrus, white pepper, sage, lime zest, apricot, nectarine, saffron, steel and slate. Great stuff from Rieussec in this vintage. 3.15ph. 94 points." - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux, Apr '25 |
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| WHITE | 2025 | Château Suduiraut | 75cl | £248 per case of 6 | Château Suduiraut 2025 / / 75cl £248 per case of 6 |
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