Château Malartic Lagravière Blanc 2025
Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£248.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: White | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2028 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 73% Sauvignon blanc, 27% Sémillon | |
Critic scores
92-94 NM, 91-93 AG, 96-97 JS, 94-96 JD, 91 JA, 93-95 DB
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Malartic-Lagravière Blanc has a well-defined nose, but perhaps like the Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, it feels bashful at this early stage. The palate is well balanced, with a peachy entry and, here, it is more expressive, with hints of mango and Clementine, just a little oak guiding the finish. Not quite up there with the outstanding '24, but close."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Malartic-Lagravière Blanc is deep and quite powerful in the glass. Lemon peel, white flowers, chalk, mint and white pepper confer energy and intensity. This is an especially rich, potent vintage for the Blanc. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This is so classy, with polish, transparency, a medium body and fresh acidity. Linear and racy, with a bright, icy finish and a steely and lightly bitter character at the end. An outstanding white. "
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"(Pessac-Léognan; 73% Sauvignon blanc; 27% Sémillon; a final yield of 36.5 hl/ha; pH 3.3; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the second time at the property). Picked either side of the rainfall at the end of August. This succeeds fabulously in a vintage where even some of my favourite Pessac whites struggle a little for dynamising freshness - this has it plentifully. But it's a fascinatingly complex wine, with a certain natural sucrosity that renders it almost a little Ygrec-like, not least in those slight Sauternes-y notes (though when retasted at the UGCB it's actually on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of the impression of sucrosity)! Blood orange, wild strawberry, confit melon, nectarine, angelica, lanolin and assorted shades and forms of grapefruit. There's that familiar waxy note that I so associate with Malartic over the years and a hint of oystershell too. The lime zestiness on the finish helps maintain the constant impression of freshness. I'm intrigued to see how this ages. Le Comte de Malartic (76% Sauvignon Blanc; 24% Sémillon; pH 3.4; 13.5% alcohol). Confit grapefruit, peach and apricot, lily of the valley and a little guava with its touch of exoticism. Sapid on the finish to counteract the richness."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Malartic-Lagravière Blanc is deep and quite powerful in the glass. Lemon peel, white flowers, chalk, mint and white pepper confer energy and intensity. This is an especially rich, potent vintage for the Blanc. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This is so classy, with polish, transparency, a medium body and fresh acidity. Linear and racy, with a bright, icy finish and a steely and lightly bitter character at the end. An outstanding white. "
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"(Pessac-Léognan; 73% Sauvignon blanc; 27% Sémillon; a final yield of 36.5 hl/ha; pH 3.3; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the second time at the property). Picked either side of the rainfall at the end of August. This succeeds fabulously in a vintage where even some of my favourite Pessac whites struggle a little for dynamising freshness - this has it plentifully. But it's a fascinatingly complex wine, with a certain natural sucrosity that renders it almost a little Ygrec-like, not least in those slight Sauternes-y notes (though when retasted at the UGCB it's actually on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of the impression of sucrosity)! Blood orange, wild strawberry, confit melon, nectarine, angelica, lanolin and assorted shades and forms of grapefruit. There's that familiar waxy note that I so associate with Malartic over the years and a hint of oystershell too. The lime zestiness on the finish helps maintain the constant impression of freshness. I'm intrigued to see how this ages. Le Comte de Malartic (76% Sauvignon Blanc; 24% Sémillon; pH 3.4; 13.5% alcohol). Confit grapefruit, peach and apricot, lily of the valley and a little guava with its touch of exoticism. Sapid on the finish to counteract the richness."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com