{"id":26609,"date":"2026-04-16T13:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/?p=26609"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:13:25","slug":"vintage-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/vintage-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26609\" class=\"elementor elementor-26609 elementor-26571\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f31faf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33f31faf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb01c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bb01c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/elevenlabs_2025_english.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">\ud83c\udfa7Click here for the audio version of this interview\ud83c\udfa7<br><\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429eb3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"429eb3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>The beauty of Bordeaux wines: each vintage follows the next, yet no two are ever alike<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a448783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a448783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-375x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26583\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-900x1200.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-56x75.jpeg 56w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/groupe.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 375px, 375px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tasting of the 2025 wines from the Delon family<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72308a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72308a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Reading back over my notes on the 2025 vintage, one thing becomes clear: one could almost write the exact opposite of 2024.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In 2024, excessive rainfall during ripening forced some ch\u00e2teaux to delay their harvests with great care. In 2025, the situation was reversed: in the vineyards, one could almost imagine rain dances, pleading with Mother Nature to water the parched soils. Drought defines the vintage.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Opposite in their development, the two vintages nevertheless converge on one point: volume. 2025 stands as the smallest vintage since 1991 \u2014 a statement that already applied to 2024. In Bordeaux, a pressing question now arises: can great, even very great vintages \u2014 as 2025 appears to be \u2014 still coexist with generous yields, as in 2016?<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Let us remain optimistic. 2025 is a beautiful vintage, which comes as a relief for the entire industry. Yet a deeper question lingers: does \u201cnormal\u201d still exist in viticulture in an era of climate disruption?<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">During the tastings of Canon 2025 and Rauzan-S\u00e9gla 2025, I put this question to Nicolas Audebert. How can such quality be explained, when the growing cycle was shorter and the harvest particularly early \u2014 a trend widely observed across Bordeaux?<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">His answer rests on two points: an earlier start to the cycle, and a vine that once again demonstrated its resilience and capacity to adapt, especially on great terroirs.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In the glass, this is strikingly evident. Rauzan-S\u00e9gla reaches a level I had never before seen at the Primeurs: drive, precision, Margaux finesse, without losing any of its identity or structure. Canon, for its part, achieves a remarkable purity in its limestone expression.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">And then, almost at the last moment, came the rain \u2014 a gift from the sky, arriving between late August and early September, perfecting the ripening process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8251e1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8251e1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc82d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edc82d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Words from the experts:\n\nThree oenologists\/consultants kindly took the time to answer four questions<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f158d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"21f158d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a5c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83a5c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giscours-500x375.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26580\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giscours-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giscours-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giscours-100x75.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giscours-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tasting of Ch\u00e2teau Giscours 2025 Wines<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb7d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bb7d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><\/b>\u201cWhat was the biggest challenge for winegrowers in 2025?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42e1c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f42e1c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Eric Boissenot\u00a0:<\/strong> Overall, the year was fairly easy from a vineyard perspective: no major disease pressure, low mildew risk, and the vines coped well with the drought \u2014 likely even better than in 2022.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Thomas Duclos\u00a0:<\/strong> Most likely, the biggest challenge was staying calm and level-headed towards the end of the growing cycle, which saw a heatwave around mid-August followed by rainfall in early September.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Julien Viaud\u00a0:<\/strong> With hindsight, this vintage was much easier than others. Spring and summer conditions were generally favourable. The greater challenge came in the cellar, where it was essential to manage the richness of the material. The fruit was abundant and concentrated, and the winemaker\u2019s role was to be precise, measured, and restrained in order to express the very best the grapes had to offer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357b951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"357b951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eric-boissenot-500x250.avif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26577\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eric-boissenot-500x250.avif 500w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eric-boissenot-300x150.avif 300w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eric-boissenot-150x75.avif 150w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eric-boissenot-480x240.avif 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Eric Boissenot<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed391c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed391c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><\/b>\u201cCould you share a few thoughts on the 2025 yields?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c406e65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c406e65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Eric Boissenot\u00a0:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Yields were low, even very low. This was due, on the one hand, to limited floral initiation (resulting in fewer bunches), and on the other hand to small berry size at harvest (across all grape varieties), caused by the low rainfall throughout the vintage.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Thomas Duclos\u00a0:<\/strong>\u00a0The 2025 vintage was affected by a low number of bunches \u2014 a direct consequence of the 2024 conditions (poor floral induction) combined with a dry growing season. The result is therefore low yields.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Julien Viaud\u00a0:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Yields in 2025 were not high, mainly for physiological reasons. The issue is that both the size and number of bunches \u2014 determined the previous year within the buds \u2014 were limited from the outset. The potential was therefore already constrained.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Fortunately, the vintage conditions were highly favourable: flowering took place under sunny and breezy conditions, the climate was generally benign with low disease pressure, there was sufficient water availability, and few extreme heat events causing hydric stress. This allowed for moderate yields, though certainly not excessive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728400a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"728400a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thomas-duclos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thomas-duclos.jpg 400w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thomas-duclos-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thomas-duclos-103x75.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 400px, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thomas Duclos<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526b657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"526b657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><\/b>\u201cHow would you describe the style of the 2025 vintage?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48aa150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48aa150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Eric Boissenot\u00a0:<\/strong> First of all, it is a very early vintage, shaped by a warm and dry climate. It then benefited from rainfall in late August and early September, which helped the vines manage water stress. As a result, alcohol levels remain moderate (around 13\u201313.5% vol) for a warm year. While it shows a warm and very ripe character, it also retains a classic, distinctly Bordeaux style that is both balanced and highly drinkable.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Thomas Duclos\u00a0:<\/strong> 2025 is a Bordeaux vintage shaped by climate change.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Julien Viaud\u00a0:<\/strong> It is a sunny vintage, but not \u201csolar\u201d in the sense that it allowed for ripe grapes full of fruit expression, without excessive sugar (and therefore alcohol), and without a loss of acidity (and thus freshness). It is an approachable, generous, and charming vintage, with wines bursting with aromas and delivering real pleasure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be25c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3be25c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/julien-viaud-500x330.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26586\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/julien-viaud-500x330.png 500w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/julien-viaud-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/julien-viaud-114x75.png 114w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/julien-viaud-480x317.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Julien Viaud<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81faf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a81faf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><\/b>\u201cIf you had to sum up 2025 in one word or a short phrase, what would you choose?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe265d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fe265d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Eric Boissenot :<\/strong> High density<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Thomas Duclos :<\/strong> Futuristic.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><strong>Julien Viaud :<\/strong> Intense and fast-paced \u2014 we have rarely harvested so quickly. Harvesting and winemaking followed one another seamlessly, with little need for overthinking.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e8a251 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e8a251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Conclusions<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359352d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"359352d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83350fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83350fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dillon-500x375.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26574\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dillon-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dillon-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dillon-100x75.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/insidelaplace.rcassocies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dillon-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Domaine Clarence Dillon 2025 Wine Tasting<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1013dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1013dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Reds:<\/strong> Well-balanced wines, showing fine concentration and the freshness so characteristic of Bordeaux \u2014 perhaps, as Julien Viaud suggests, a style the world might envy. They retain a solid yet never heavy tannic structure, resulting in wines that are both vibrant and structured. A beautiful vintage, even exceptional in certain cases.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Whites:<\/strong> The first grapes arrived at the cellar as early as August 11! The wines are highly expressive, with good mid-palate weight and a certain creaminess. They also stand out for their freshness, which brings energy and lift.<\/li><li><strong>Sweet wines:<\/strong> This is not the lowest-yielding vintage for sweet wines, unlike 2021, when the harvest was historically small. When the rains came in late August \/ early September, the grapes were in excellent health, allowing Botrytis cinerea to develop evenly. The style is rather opulent, with lovely complexity.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465b367 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"465b367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Bordeaux vintage was shaped by extreme climatic conditions: very low yields, intense heat, and prolonged summer drought, followed by crucial rainfall in late August. 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