Pauillac · vintage 2025
Why this vintage
- 90-92 from Wine AdvocateBarrel-sample tasting range. And 1 other score above 90/100.
- The 2025 vintage in PauillacA dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.
- Compagnie Médocaine exclusivewine distributed solely by the Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus.
Critic scores
- Wine Advocate90-92
- Vinous90-92
The 2025 vintage in Pauillac
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 Pauillac. 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 luscious, seductive nose, with smoky mocha notes wrapping around ripe fruit. The palate is generous and sumptuous, caressing, succulent and supple, with a slaty, cocoa-tinged finish to lick your lips over." - Le Figaro (translated from the French)
Blend of the 2025 vintage
- 55 % Merlot
- 42 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 3 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2025 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 62 % cabernet sauvignon, 32 % merlot, 4 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Ageing
70% in wine barrels, 30% in new barrels, for 12 months
Terroir
"A luscious, seductive nose, with smoky mocha notes wrapping around ripe fruit. The palate is generous and sumptuous, caressing, succulent and supple, with a slaty, cocoa-tinged finish to lick your lips over." - Le Figaro (translated from the French)
An offer on Les Tourelles de Pichon Baron 2025
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Texts and documents 2025
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
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.