2025, Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot Sleek wet stones, linear, squid ink, fragrant, crushed mint leaf, succulent, super classy, dark leafy, poised and precise, just abrilliant Petitwithso much to recommend. 10% new oak, Fabien Teitgen technical director. 94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.

This has style and a juicy fun friendliness

The 2024 Domaine de Cambes

Elms Vineyard

Nothing out of balance

The 2021 Ducru-Beaucaillou takes time to unfold in the glass

potpourri and spices

The soil is clayey with marls at the upper part of the slope

dried herbs and bitter chocolate

Of all the wines I tasted in the 2025 En Primeur season

wilted violet and graphite borrowed from down in Pauillac

Jean-Jacques Bonnie owner with his sister Véronique

Figeac was recently promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classe "A" first growth status