Archive for May 2026
Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur – A Few Words on Pricing
Bordeaux has a pricing problem—and 2025 is shaping up to be another moment where the region either reads the room or ignores it completely. The en primeur system only works if buyers feel like they’re getting something—value, access, upside, or at the very least, not a slow bleed in the secondary market six months later….…...
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Lafleur’s Controversial Decision—Questioning Bordeaux’s Irrigation Rules
Located in the heart of one of Bordeaux’s hottest terroirs—the Pomerol plateau—largely on free-draining gravel with little water-holding capacity, the extreme drought of the 2025 vintage meant this was not just another growing season for Lafleur—it is a hard line in the sand. It was the year they opted out of the INAO’s (Institut National……...
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