Bordeaux 2025: Lafleur et al

The Guinaudeau philosophy is quite simple - do everything and anything to make the best wine possible. If that means leaving the Pomerol AOC system and their extraneous rules, so be it. This decision was not taken lightly. Fifteen years of research and trials informed this outcome, a conclusion that ensures the future of Lafleur whatever climatic changes they face.

2025 is the first vintage that will be labelled as Vin de France, a seismic change in some respects, but in others, no change whatsoever. Lafleur remains faithful to its soils and vines, maintaining its position as one of, if not the best wine produced in Bordeaux.

This whole range is stronger than ever. Lafleur is a powerhouse, a wine of spellbinding balance and persistence, Les Pensées is at its flamboyant best, Les Perrieres demonstrates an extraordinary limestone character, Grand Village is more refined than ever, and the two whites are bursting with thrilling floral fruit and energy – so no change really!

Production is even smaller than usual in 2025, as such, everything is offered subject to our allocation process. To request any of the Guinaudeau wines, please contact your Account Manager or follow the links below. Other formats are available upon request.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM “The 2025 Lafleur is generous and expressive, bursting with aromas of sweet cherries and raspberries mingled with notions of licorice, anise and violets. Full-bodied, dense and muscular, with a fleshy attack that segues into an ample, layered core of primary fruit, it's built around plenty of sweet, powdery tannin. This is a large-scaled Lafleur endowed with everything in abundance.” 96-98/100 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

“The 2025 Lafleur was picked early, from August 26 to 28 and from September 10 to 12 for the Cabernet Franc. Of course, this is the first year when the wine is classified as Vin de France after water was added to the soil, contravening Pomerol's AC rules. Discussing at length with Baptiste Guinaudeau, whilst I can see that it would essentially resuscitate the parched vine, the amounts are too little to affect the wine when considering the actual rainfall figures. For sure, it has a bashful bouquet at first and demands time to really open in the glass, 10 to 15 minutes. Only then does it reveal enticing scents of blackcurrant, bilberry, crushed stone and iris flower, all beautifully defined and very succinct—quintessential Lafleur. The palate is medium-bodied and framed by chiselled tannins that lend this Pomerol beguiling symmetry. What really marks this Lafleur is its tremendous persistence on the finish. It just goes on and on. This is a great Lafleur, irrespective of what it took to get there. Drinking Window 2034 - 2060.” 97-99/100 Neal Martin, vinous.com