Château Palmer 2025 is one of the most highly acclaimed Bordeaux En Primeur wines of the vintage, showcasing the elegance and precision that define this iconic Margaux estate. The blend of 55% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 4% Petit Verdot delivers a beautifully balanced red wine with layers of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, violet, licorice, and subtle floral notes. The wine combines richness and concentration with remarkable finesse, offering both immediate charm and outstanding long-term aging potential.
A benchmark collectible Bordeaux wine, Château Palmer 2025 is an outstanding choice for fine wine collectors, En Primeur buyers, and enthusiasts seeking one of the top-rated wines from the 2025 Bordeaux vintage.

The Wine Advocate | RP 97-99
Published: Apr 30, 2026

One of the most refined and seamless wines of the vintage is the 2025 Palmer, a blend of 55% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot that wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet blackberries, plums and licorice complemented by floral accents of violet and wisteria (yes, the window of the tasting room was closed). Full-bodied, suave and layered, with a deep and concentrated core of fruit, bright acids and supple tannins, it's already harmonious and complete, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. At only 13.5% alcohol, this is quite a bit lower than most recent sunny vintages at Palmer.

James Suckling | JS 98
Published: Apr 30, 2026

Plush is the word to describe this red. Full-bodied and layered, with velvety tannins and a savory finish. Juicy at the end. Flashy and posh. Plenty of blackberry and black currant aromas and flavors.

Decanter | D 97
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Drink: 2034-2050

Strongly perfumed aromatics, really quite intense and upfront, so expressive but more deep and seductive with heady scents of roses and blackcurrants. Instantly alive in the mouth, there’s an energy here that’s really captivating. Chewy, succulent, light on its feel but packing so many tannins yet it feels seamless. Aerial almost but there’s complexity with a fine layer of chewiness and chalkiness. Perhaps more delicate in some ways than other more plush Palmers but there’s power for sure wrapped up in freshness and approachability. Sturdy, stately, complex. I do love the darker, maybe more firm, edgy wine. Quite a compelling Palmer for me, more than just fruit and acidity. 14% press wine. 85 IPT. Harvest September 4–26.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.50%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 41% Cabernet Sauvignon 55% Merlot 4% Petit Verdot

Jancis Robinson | JR 18.5
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Drink: 2036-2050

55% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot. 20 hl/ha. Cask sample.
Deep colour. Dark-fruit notes. Fabulous palate – spherical and suave but focused. Lovely freshness as well. Balanced. One of the wines of the vintage. (JL)

Chateau-palmer.com

Some vintages bring you back to what matters most. After the trial by fire, its ardent summer and a drought worthy of 1976, after all the stress the Margaux sky inflicted upon the vine and its guardians, 2025 returned to reason through the grace of the final rains. And that reason is sumptuous, inscribing the vintage at once in the pantheon of the greatest wines of Château Palmer.

An elegance has imposed itself, as the most beautiful images do: through revelation.

In our living memory, 2025 stands as the final chapter of an unprecedented climatic trilogy. First came 2020, the signal vintage, the first signs of unease as the sky's codes began to blur: an early cycle, marked heat and drought, heatwave peaks that placed the vine under severe strain, and yet, in the end, wines of harmony, carrying a beautiful paradox. Then 2022, the telluric force: a summer without a drop of rain, a record water deficit, grapes stunted in their growth, young vines in distress, and the promise of powerful, exceptional wines of precise texture. With 2025, the trilogy of climatic chaos finds its balance. As if three testing vintages had, in silence, shaped the memory and resilience of the vine.

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