Château Gloria 2025
St-Julien
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£135.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.3% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2032 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 56% Cabernet Sauvignon; 34% Merlot; 6% Petit Verdot; 4% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
93-95 NM, 92-94 AG, 94-95 JS, 93-95 JD, 91-93 LPB, 93 JA, 93 DC, 92-94 JL, 92-94 DB, 93 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Gloria was picked between September 10 and 19 and matured in 50% new oak. It has a lovely bouquet with well-defined blackberry, violet and crushed stone scents, the oak seamlessly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, grainy tannins, good concentration and a tensile, minerally finish. Bon vin."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Gloria is fabulous. Bright, floral and full of life, Gloria is so impressive. Red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint, cinnamon and dried herbs all add energy to this delicious, mid-weight Saint-Julien. Gloria is especially fine in 2025. Don’t miss it. Taste two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Sporting a vivid purple hue, the 2025 Château Gloria offers up cassis, assorted red and blue fruits, liquid violets, and classy oak. Based on 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that's being raised in 50% new barrels, it's pure and incredibly polished on the palate, with medium to full-bodied richness, a silky, elegant mouthfeel, and a great finish. It checks in at 13.2% alcohol. As I've written in the past, the quality at this estate continues to soar, and this will hold its own in a blind tasting with some of the top wines with ease. This château needs to be on everyone's radar. "
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"This has a ton of intense cassis and bilberry fruits, lovely quality, this has balance and finesse, squid ink squid, cocoa bean, espresso, silky tannins, a very impressive wine. Yield 20 hl/ha."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Bramble fruit aromas on the nose. Supple and so controlled with a gorgeous weight on the palate – ripe, filling tannins with a cool vein of freshness that just carries the frame. Not overly acidic or too bright, more controlled and calm with a complexity of flavours and textures. Chewy blackcurrant, liquorice and stones. It’s a touch short and compact on the finish but this will elongate over ageing. Lots to like here. Balanced with an elegant touch. 4% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. "
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 56% Cabernet Sauvignon; 34% Merlot; 6% Petit Verdot; 4% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 20 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin and also at Château de Sales). Rich, dark, quite hedonistic and voluptuous as it often is and showing a little more oak than some of its neighbours at this early stage, at least at first. In fact, you adjust to it and the wine then reveals more aromatically, including some delightful floral components. Substantial and impressively dense, but with a certain luminous quality at least on the attack and through the mid-palate, even if its lacks a little delineation at this stage on the finish. This needs time, but feels heart-and-soul St Julien and will turn out very well I am sure."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Gloria is fabulous. Bright, floral and full of life, Gloria is so impressive. Red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint, cinnamon and dried herbs all add energy to this delicious, mid-weight Saint-Julien. Gloria is especially fine in 2025. Don’t miss it. Taste two times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Sporting a vivid purple hue, the 2025 Château Gloria offers up cassis, assorted red and blue fruits, liquid violets, and classy oak. Based on 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that's being raised in 50% new barrels, it's pure and incredibly polished on the palate, with medium to full-bodied richness, a silky, elegant mouthfeel, and a great finish. It checks in at 13.2% alcohol. As I've written in the past, the quality at this estate continues to soar, and this will hold its own in a blind tasting with some of the top wines with ease. This château needs to be on everyone's radar. "
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2026, JebDunnuck.com
"This has a ton of intense cassis and bilberry fruits, lovely quality, this has balance and finesse, squid ink squid, cocoa bean, espresso, silky tannins, a very impressive wine. Yield 20 hl/ha."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Bramble fruit aromas on the nose. Supple and so controlled with a gorgeous weight on the palate – ripe, filling tannins with a cool vein of freshness that just carries the frame. Not overly acidic or too bright, more controlled and calm with a complexity of flavours and textures. Chewy blackcurrant, liquorice and stones. It’s a touch short and compact on the finish but this will elongate over ageing. Lots to like here. Balanced with an elegant touch. 4% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. "
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 56% Cabernet Sauvignon; 34% Merlot; 6% Petit Verdot; 4% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 20 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin and also at Château de Sales). Rich, dark, quite hedonistic and voluptuous as it often is and showing a little more oak than some of its neighbours at this early stage, at least at first. In fact, you adjust to it and the wine then reveals more aromatically, including some delightful floral components. Substantial and impressively dense, but with a certain luminous quality at least on the attack and through the mid-palate, even if its lacks a little delineation at this stage on the finish. This needs time, but feels heart-and-soul St Julien and will turn out very well I am sure."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com