Le Petit Ducru 2025
St-Julien
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£120.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 9% Cabernet Sauvignon; 83% Merlot; 8% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
91-93 AG, 90-92 LPB, 92 JA, 92 DC, 90-92 DB, 93-94 YB
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Le Petit Ducru offers gorgeous up-front fruit and terrific energy to play off the natural richness of the year. Dark red cherry/plum fruit, mocha, new leather, licorice and dried herbs all run through this Merlot-driven Saint-Julien. Medium in body and quite svelte, the Petit Ducru is an absolute delight."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"High floral aromatics, clear slate tannins, a little leaner than in recent years, full of bright cassis and blueberry fruits, with the gourmet notes coming in the second wave bringing chocolate, smoke and campfire. 3.66pH. Harvest September 2 to 23, 30% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Vivid and vibrant blackcurrant aromas on the nose with some blueberry and crayon touches too. Succulent and juicy but perfectly matched so you get this cool but supple blueberry aspect alongside really mint, wet stone, graphite and flint touches. But not too dry at all. Subtly textured but overall really well balanced and focused with a long finish. Nicely structured so you're getting a wide filling wine with no heaviness. Clearly full of tannins but they widen the expression and with the acidity it’s not too much. "
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 9% Cabernet Sauvignon; 83% Merlot; 8% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 22 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; aging in 35% new oak instead of the customary 40%; tasted at the property). The parcels from which this is sourced are between Talbot and Lagrange. This is distinctly nutty and very 'Saint-Julien' in personality. Plums, damsons and dark berry fruits. There's less obvious oak than usual and greater clarity in the mid-palate too. Fresh, limpid, broad-framed and very succulent and juicy - in short, an hommage to the grand vin itself. I'm struck by the beautiful dark berry fruits and the impressive intensity despite the considerable frame. "
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"High floral aromatics, clear slate tannins, a little leaner than in recent years, full of bright cassis and blueberry fruits, with the gourmet notes coming in the second wave bringing chocolate, smoke and campfire. 3.66pH. Harvest September 2 to 23, 30% new oak for ageing."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Vivid and vibrant blackcurrant aromas on the nose with some blueberry and crayon touches too. Succulent and juicy but perfectly matched so you get this cool but supple blueberry aspect alongside really mint, wet stone, graphite and flint touches. But not too dry at all. Subtly textured but overall really well balanced and focused with a long finish. Nicely structured so you're getting a wide filling wine with no heaviness. Clearly full of tannins but they widen the expression and with the acidity it’s not too much. "
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Julien; 9% Cabernet Sauvignon; 83% Merlot; 8% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 22 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; aging in 35% new oak instead of the customary 40%; tasted at the property). The parcels from which this is sourced are between Talbot and Lagrange. This is distinctly nutty and very 'Saint-Julien' in personality. Plums, damsons and dark berry fruits. There's less obvious oak than usual and greater clarity in the mid-palate too. Fresh, limpid, broad-framed and very succulent and juicy - in short, an hommage to the grand vin itself. I'm struck by the beautiful dark berry fruits and the impressive intensity despite the considerable frame. "
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com