Margaux · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- 95-96 from James SucklingBarrel-sample tasting range. And 2 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
- James Suckling95-96
- Decanter96
- Vinous92-94
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
"The nose, beautifully held, has a sappy, floral character, like a rose garden after a spring shower. The palate is flowing and beguiling, supple and floral, with melting ripe fruit and a kind of waltzing sway. The finish is lush and succulent." - Le Figaro
Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 91 % Cabernet sauvignon
- 9 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 83 % cabernet sauvignon, 13 % merlot, 3 % cabernet franc, 1 % muscadelle — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2025 sheet
- 25 hl/haYield
Winemaking
Plot-by-plot vinification. One pump-over per day for gentle extraction. 21 days of alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. No additives throughout the vinification phase.
21 days of alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. No additives throughout the vinification phase.
Ageing
18 months of ageing: 45% in new barrels, 40% in foudres, 15% in TAVA amphorae
Terroir
Situated in the communes of Margaux, Cantenac and Soussans, the Durfort-Vivens vineyard puts down its roots on deep and particularly poor gravel rises. These gravels were deposited by the successive beds of the Garonne in the Quaternary era. This great terroir gives Cabernet Sauvignon an early and optimal ripeness, allowing it to express fully the finesse and silkiness of its tannins, the guarantee of the freshness and elegance characteristic of the great Margaux wines. At Château Durfort-Vivens, the constant search for a natural balance between the vine and its terroir is reflected in traditional cultivation practices. In 2012, 80% of the vineyard was farmed biodynamically and 20% under integrated production
An offer on Château Durfort Vivens 2025
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Texts and documents 2025
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Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
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.