2025 Futures
In this category, we highlight new wines—both small and large—that were not included in our lists last year:
• either because they have just been released,
• or because their prices have become more attractive again,
• or because their quality has improved,
• or because they produced little or no wine the previous year.
In any case, they are well worth your attention, as they have captured ours, and we are confident they will remain in our selections for a long time to come.
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Second wine from Château Valandraud.
More- Alcohol degree:
- 13.5%
- Sauvignon blanc:
- 40%
- Sémillon:
- 60%
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Since the 2023 vintage, Doisy-Daëne has been making a confidential cuvée (1,200 bottles) from its oldest Semillon vines, planted on the limestone plateau of Barsac. Entirely vinified in barrels, this 100% Semillon on limestone is an intense, straightforward wine, with intense aromas of vine peach and a lovely sapid freshness on the finish.
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Vinous (A. Galloni) : 91-93/100 « The 2025 Semillon sur Calcaire is a powerful, dense, textured white. Apricot, mint, white flowers and lemon oil unfurl in a wine that is viscous yet quite restrained. Readers will find a white of notable structure and depth, with tons of intensity and the personality to match. »
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Labégorce was born of the merger of Châteaux Labégorce and Labégorce-Zédé, brought together under a single entity by the Perrodo family (Tour de Mons, Marquis d'Alesme). Since 1989, every effort has been made to produce a Margaux that is harmonious, charming and brilliantly fruity.
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Beau-Séjour Bécot is now in the hands of the third generation, represented by Juliette Bécot and her husband Julien Barthe. These dynamic forty-somethings have no shortage of inspiration when it comes to producing “modern” wines, adapted to climatic challenges and consumer expectations: replanting in a north/south direction to avoid overheating the grapes, the choice of a new consultant oenologist (Thomas Duclot) who favors wines that are not overly demonstrative, early harvesting and measured extractions to preserve the freshness of the fruit, less new wood (55%) and the use of tuns and jars (20%) to lighten the tannic structure...
Since the construction of the new winery in 2023, the wines have excelled thanks to their elegant, uncluttered structure, their gourmet, fruity and floral aromas, and their dynamic, sapid finishes. For the Revue du Vin de France, as for us, “this is the archetypal Bordeaux that can be enjoyed now, but also put away in the cellar”.More- Cabernet Franc:
- 24%
- Merlot:
- 76%