Château Larcis Ducasse 2025

The 2025 vintage in Saint-Émilion

Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)

Vintage character: A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness.

Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. 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

“It clearly stands out for the quality of its sparkling fruit, complemented by a fine floral and a subtle limestone presence. The tannin is very defined, surrounded by a velvety texture which brings out a minerality which prolongs the wine. The fleshy envelope coats the whole well. ” - RVF

Blend of the 2025 vintage

Figures from the 2025 sheet

• 40 hl/haYield
• 38 yrsVine age

Winemaking

Gravitation - Long vatting in thermoregulated concrete vats - Gentle extraction with vertical pressure

Ageing

16 - 18 months in barrels, demi-muids and tonneaux (50% new barrels)

Terroir

Although it forms a single block of 11.34 hectares, the vineyard of Château Larcis Ducasse is planted on several geological formations. The character of the terroir stems from the presence of clay-limestone soils on due-south-facing slopes, which deliver very fine ripeness. Freshness and minerality, complexity and structure come from the range of different bedrocks, from the asteriated limestone of the plateau down to the iron-rich feldspathic sands at the foot of the slope. Such a palette of terroirs, combined with the grape varieties, gives rise to expressions that are as varied as they are complementary. This range feeds the complexity and the nobility of the wines produced at Château Larcis Ducasse.