The 2025 vintage enjoyed a balanced cycle, fairly dry and mild, which created especially favourable conditions and allowed perfectly ripe tannins to emerge alongside reasonable alcohol levels. But beyond the overall quality, which is beyond doubt, the key to this year is truly the terroir – it is what allowed (or not) the birth of great cellaring wines in Bordeaux's grand tradition. Here is our analysis, building on our previous take on the Médoc appellation.

There are places where geography becomes destiny. The Andes, a 7,000-kilometre backbone still in motion, is one of them. East and west alike, it conditions, sculpts, and sometimes decides everything. The Cordillera of the Andes forges, constraint by constraint, two of the most singular wine regions in the world.