BORDEAUX 2025

The 2025 vintage in Bordeaux was defined by prolonged heat, drought conditions, and one of the earliest harvests in recent history. Dry weather reduced disease pressure, allowing grapes to remain healthy, but the season demanded constant vineyard attention. Growers relied heavily on precise canopy management, water-stress monitoring, and careful harvest timing to preserve freshness and balance.

Quality outcomes were strongly linked to producer expertise. Estates that adapted quickly to the extreme conditions achieved optimal ripeness and fruit concentration, while less responsive vineyards risked overripeness or imbalance. The vintage highlights how modern technical viticulture and parcel selection are becoming increasingly important as warmer growing seasons become more common.

Early tastings indicate wines of concentration, structure, and aromatic intensity. Left Bank Cabernet Sauvignon is expected to show depth and ageing potential, while Right Bank Merlot appears plush yet structured. Overall, 2025 is viewed as a high-quality, terroir-expressive vintage that demonstrates Bordeaux’s resilience to climate change and may become a benchmark for modern warm-climate winemaking if élevage confirms early impressions.

WHAT IS BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR?

Buying En Primeur - means purchasing wine that is still maturing in the barrel and has not yet been bottled. 

The top chateaux in Bordeaux offer the majority of their wines (approximately 80-90%) for sale as En Primeur in the spring following the harvest. As a result, this is the first opportunity to purchase the new vintage. Bordeaux is the most important wine that is traded as En Primeur, but some other regions and producers also make their wines available.

WHY BUY EN PRIMEUR? 

The advantages of buying En Primeur are:
- To Purchase wine at the first release price, when the margins made by wine merchants are the smallest. In most vintages, although not always the case, the price of the wine increases, and the margins made by the wine merchants also increase once the wine is offered for sale in the bottle.

- To secure allocations of hard-to-find wines and varying formats (half bottles, magnums, double magnums, imperials, and even larger) as soon as they are available for purchase.

- To ensure perfect provenance by owning the wine from its first release.

- To secure wine for a special birth year - as a gift for children, grandchildren, godchildren or for weddings and anniversaries. 

- When selling wines, ownership since initial release can bring higher prices.