Château Lafite Rothschild 2025 En Primeur 750ml is a highly refined and classically structured Pauillac First Growth, crafted predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and Petit Verdot. The wine opens with an intensely aromatic profile of sweet tobacco, cedar, cigar box, violets, rose petals, graphite, and dark berries, underpinned by subtle earthy and mineral tones. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers exceptional precision with firm yet velvety tannins, vibrant acidity, and remarkable length. Despite its power and structure, the palate remains elegant, pure, and finely detailed, reflecting Lafite’s signature restraint and finesse. A benchmark vintage with outstanding ageing potential through 2060, it combines depth, clarity, and timeless Bordeaux sophistication.

James Suckling | JS 99-100
Published: May 4, 2026

Intense aromas of sweet tobacco, dark cedar, cigar humidor, mushroom, roses, and wet earth follow through to a medium to full body with firm, velvety tannins and a driven, intense finish. Very structured with bones. Reminds me of Lafite from the 1980s. Unique for the vintage. 12.5% alcohol. A blend of 94% cabernet sauvignon, 5% merlot and 1% petit verdot.

The Wine Advocate | RP 95-97
Published: Apr 30, 2026

A blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2025 Lafite Rothschild unwinds in the glass with a deep and brooding bouquet of dark berries, violets, rose petals and pencil lead. Medium- to full-bodied, supple and layered, with suave tannins, good concentration and bright acidity, it checks in at 12.5% alcohol and an unusually low (by the standards of recent warm vintages at Lafite) pH of 3.65. Harvest began here on September 2, with the estate's old-vine Merlot beginning on September 3 and the first Cabernet Sauvignon coming in from September 11 (earlier than in 2022), and the harvest wrapped up on September 20.

Decanter | D 97
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Drink: 2035-2060

Vivid purple colour in the glass. Cool blue fruit, graphite and wet stones on the nose. Succulent and juicy, ripe and lifted, with supple tannins barely noticeable – the focus is on the purity and refinement of the fruit with bright acidity and an undercurrent of cooling, fresh minty freshness with graphite and wet stones. You really get the spice and fruitiness. A bit more lively, energetic and upfront than Lafite can sometimes be. There’s finesse for sure but there’s also confidence here. Mouthwatering with a ton of flavour and layering but at the end such a finessed and refined finish with a wet stone grip. So balanced and harmonious. An amazing feat this year. Eric Kohler, technical director of Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), calls 2025 a: ‘Vintage of happiness – a symphony of all the perfect parameters' and likened the vintage to '2020 but perhaps more delicate and less tannic. More immediate than 2020'. A yield of 27hl/ha. 16% press wine.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 12.50%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot 1% Petit Verdot

Jancis Robinson | JR 18
Published: Apr 14, 2026

94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot. Last vintage vinified in wooden vats (new cellar and stainless steel in 2026). Certified organic. Cask sample.
Fragrant and refined with floral and dark-fruit notes. Power on the palate but not exaggerated, the tannins abundant but polished. Long and digeste. Great balance and lots of charm. (JL)

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Château Lafite Rothschild is the result of a rare harmony of nature, which it alone controls and which continues to be created from vintage to vintage, for over a thousand seasons.

On the plateau of Lafite’s mythical gravel, the men and women who work in the vineyards are the ones who pass on wine-growing traditions. And for over one hundred and fifty years, with the arrival of Baron James, the same family has taken turns to deliver a single message: That of precision and resilience in the face of the master strokes that the sky writes on its lands.

“Lafite remains unyielding, yet delicate, and subtle.”

In this eternal beginning anew, in this inconstancy of nature that writes a different destiny each year, Lafite remains unyielding, yet delicate, and subtle. It has the nature of the wise, unchanging like its eternal gravel. For if it is still there after a thousand seasons, its roots and soul will tell us that it is already writing its future.

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