2025, Château Branaire-Ducru, SAINT-JULIEN, 4ème Grand Cru Classé4th growth 1855 The 2025 is 62% Cabernet Sauvignnon, 26% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. A classic Saint Julien chteau that produces wines of real St Julien class and structure. Voluptuous dark fruit, cedar and a touch of tar on the nose. Medium to full bodied with an expressive yet concentrated profile, a precise structure and fine grained, high quality tannins. Chiseled and balanced. 96 97 James Suckling. Intense, knitted down with

The 2022 Château de Pez has a very pure nose with something of a Burgundian allure: a mélange of blue and black fruit

one of the finest in recent memory

You can feel the mother rock close to the surface

particularly if you have at least some patience

This was the one wine which I was invited to try in both its wood and its ceramic aging vessels

My Right Bank wine of the vintage

The 2022 du Tertre unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries

white pepper and lemon rind

the 2022 bursts with drive and energy

A deep cherry fruit on the nose

It reminds me slightly of the 2010 (maybe the 2013)

3 barrels made