Margaux · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- 96-98 from Jeb DunnuckBarrel-sample tasting range. And 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2025 vintage in MargauxA dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.
Critic scores
- Jeb Dunnuck96-98
- James Suckling96-97
- Vinous95-97
- Decanter97
- Wine Advocate93-96
The 2025 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
A touch of smoke opens a mysterious nose, quickly jostled by intense aromas of black and purple fruits, tuberose and a serious note of cedar wood. The texture, with its natural elegance, is supple, silky and toned like the coat of a thoroughbred. Sumptuous floral scents contribute to the freshness of the palate before a delicately cocoa finish.
Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 80 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 18 % Merlot
- 1 % Cabernet franc
- 1 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, cabernet franc, carménère — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2025 sheet
- 32.2 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
The Brane vat room was designed to allow plot and even intra-plot vinification. The materials used (wood, concrete and stainless steel), the number of tanks and the multiplicity of their capacity (from 40 to 200 hl) are adapted to the current plot. However, its avant-garde design allows it to be scalable and adapt to changes in the vineyard and its plots.
Ageing
18 months in oak, including 70% new barrels. Proportion of great wine: 42%
Terroir
Historically recognised as one of the greatest in the Médoc, the terroir of Brane long earned the property the description of first of the seconds. The heart of the property is a 45-hectare block, unchanged for three centuries. The very deep gravel (12 m) has a high clay content. It ensures a sufficient water reserve throughout the year while its compactness limits the amount of water the plant takes up. The water table is very deep here (5 to 6 m), allowing the roots to develop deep down. The upper layers of the soil, sandier, tend to saturate quickly during heavy rain. Much of the water then runs off, thanks to the topography.
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Texts and documents 2025
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.