2025, Château d'Armailhac, PAUILLAC4th growth 1855 21% Merlot, 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot, 10% Cabernet Franc. This good value classed growth Pauillac has been in Rothschild ownership since 1933. It is made by the same winemaking team as Mouton Rothschild. Very polished, with fine tannins that caress your palate while the fruit is ripe but al dente, with red currants, plums and peach undertones. Medium body. Refined and intense finish. 95 96 James Suckling. The 2025

Very structured LFP with black berry

Loads of mocha

delicately scented and inviting with subtle wild flower scents

The 2024 Léoville Las-Cases is gorgeous

it exceeds expectations

succulent and very juicy

"I would have blended more if we had more vines

There is both excellent volume and richness to the sappy and seductive textured flavours where the suppleness of the mid-palate contrasts somewhat with the slightly lean if persistent finale

and could be very long lived

Perfumed and floral

with insistent grip and a structured finish

followed by touches of pencil shavings