Gruaud Larose 2025 - a big overachiever with 97-99 Points

2025 Gruaud Larose Releases En Primeur!

One of the great overperformers of the vintage, Gruaud Larose 2025 matched the scores of wines like Mouton Rothschild and Petrus with an incredible 97-99 points from Jeb Dunnuck, yet it releases at just €50.40* per bottle.

 

97-99 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

“This beauty stopped me in my tracks with its sheer class and purity. […] This is a heavenly Saint-Julien that brings the richness of the vintage alongside an unmistakable sense of class. Bravo!”

 

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We are pleased to offer the 300th vintage of Chateau Gruaud Larose. To mark this historic anniversary, the wine is presented in a beautifully screen-printed bottle finished with a gold wax seal.

Chateau Gruaud Larose is one of Saint-Julien’s great historic estates, celebrated for producing deeply classical Bordeaux with power, perfume and longevity. Founded in the 18th century and now celebrating its 300th anniversary, the estate sits on exceptional gravel soils near the Gironde estuary. Gruaud Larose combines Cabernet Sauvignon structure with remarkable aromatic complexity, delivering wines that balance old-school Saint-Julien character with increasing polish and precision.

Gruaud Larose 2025 is a beautifully refined Saint-Julien that combines the richness of the vintage with striking freshness and elegance. Aromas of cassis, violets, tobacco, graphite and dark chocolate unfold into a layered palate framed by silky tannins and mineral tension. Jeb Dunnuck called it a “heavenly Saint-Julien”, while critics praised its purity, balance and classical structure. This is a serious, age-worthy Gruaud Larose with immense long-term potential.

 

*2025 prices not released, 2024 used in table

 

Released this morning at €50.40* In Bond per bottle, Gruaud Larose 2025 looks like a serious overperformer on the price-to-quality spectrum. With scores of 97-99 points from Jeb Dunnuck and 95-97 points from Neal Martin, it is rubbing shoulders with Petrus and the First Growths in terms of critical acclaim, yet at only a fraction of the price.

We have cases of 3x75cl & 6x75cl live on the website.

 

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Gruaud Larose 2025

€50.40* In Bond per bottle

Buy Gruaud Larose 2025

3x75cl & 6x75cl

 

97-99 Points | Jeb Dunnuck

Crème de cassis and black raspberry fruits intermixed with spring flowers, graphite, tobacco leaf, and spicy wood all emerge from the 2025 Château Gruaud Larose, a deep purple-hued Saint-Julien based on 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc that's resting in 80% new French oak. This beauty stopped me in my tracks with its sheer class and purity. Full-bodied on the palate, it has a layered, graceful mouthfeel, gorgeous tannins, and a great finish, all grounded by a remarkable sense of balance and elegance. It checks in at 13.47% alcohol with a pH of 3.71. This is a heavenly Saint-Julien that brings the richness of the vintage alongside an unmistakable sense of class. Bravo!

97 Points | Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque, almost inky core, violet reflections, delicate edge brightening. Notes of licorice and hibiscus, hints of cassis, dark wild berries, fine herbal spice, some precious wood. Taut, complex and elegant, pure black forest berries, silky tannins, mineral-salty, very good length and freshness, remains very persistent, has definite ageing potential.

95-97 Points | Vinous - Antonio Galloni

The 2025 Gruaud Larose is rich, ample and exotic right out of the gate. Dark-toned fruit, graphite, licorice, mocha and lavender are all dialed up. The 2025 has a lot to offer, but will need a number of years to be at its finest. There's a lot of wine here. Even with all its intensity, the tannins show no signs of stress. All the 2025 needs is a lot of time in the cellar to shed its considerable baby fat.

96 Points | Decanter, Georgina Hindle

Such scented notes on the nose, more like a sultry summer’s evening with jasmine, lavender, violets, peonies and deep, heady blackcurrants alongside tobacco, liquorice and clove. Supple and so wonderfully textured – grippy but finely placed with an almost crushed stone aspect but this really holds the juiciness such a long time – strawberry and raspberry, crunchy cranberry, with a persistence and energetic finish. What a wine. Silky, almost a delicate touch here where there’s such precision yet still at the same time there’s concentration and intensity. 11% press wine (all from Cabernet). 3.71pH. A yield of 26hl/ha. 50% grand vin production.

94-96 Points | Wine Advocate

Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, cassis, plums mingled with hints of violet and pencil shavings, the 2025 Gruaud Larose is medium- to full-bodied, supple and suave, with a deep core of fruit, lovely energy and ripe, powdery tannins. Checking in at 13.5% alcohol, this blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc will bear a special gold label to commemorate the estate's 300th anniversary.

95 Points | Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux

You get the tannic grip of the vintage in spades, but as you sit with the wine, a creaminess appears through the mid palate that is highly appealing, with a cocoa bean and espresso lick alongside berry fruits, crayon and graphite. Smoky signoff on the finish right now, will integrate over ageing, a ton of potential here, great quality. 75% new oak. Virginie Sallette 8th vintage, a lovely expression of Gruaud. Harvest September 3 to 20. 3.71 pH

93-95 Ponts | Vinous - Neal Martin

The 2025 Gruaud Larose comes in a specially designed etched bottle to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the first vintage labelled as Gruaud Larose (although there were already vines in situ). Picked between September 3 and 20 at 26 hl/ha, average for the appellation, and aged in new oak, it has a less outgoing bouquet than its peers, tightly wound black fruit, sous-bois and tobacco. Fine delineation and firmly classical in style. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins. A more tertiary Gruaud Larose, hints of dark powdered chocolate combine with black fruit, leading to a more structured vintage that lingers nicely in the mouth. Perhaps slightly less deep than some of its peers, this has a tendency to gain weight during élevage. Englishman's claret!

 

*Prices are accurate as of the blog publication date and may be subject to change.

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