2025 Château L'If

The 2025 L'If is a total stunner. It's like no other vintage I have tasted thus far, perhaps because of the high percentage (25%) of Cabernet Franc. Chalk, mint, white pepper, blood orange and jasmine are some of the many notes that gradually open in the glass. A saline edge shapes the brisk mid-palate and brilliant, chiseled finish. Magnificent. The best L'If to date. Tasted two times. 
- Antonio Galloni (04/2026)

Medium- to full-bodied and chalky but charming, with definition and clarity. 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc. Best ever. 
- Jacobo García Andrade (04/2026)

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 L'If jumps from the glass with vivacious notes of wild blueberries, black raspberries, and lavender, giving way to hints of mint tea and dried roses. The medium-bodied palate reveals very fine-grained tannins with a crisp backbone and shimmery blue fruit, finishing long and floral. Very pretty! The blend is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.6% and the pH is 3.28. (04/2026)

Ivar Bjurner: 92-95 Punkte 

Fresh and well defined with a minty tone and lots of red, round intense fruit, very precise and juicy. It has a fine fruity body, and is intense and well defined with soft tannins, red berries and gobs of perfectly mature fruit. Very fresh, and precise and a success for the vintage. (05/2026)

Aromas of cherries, rose petals and a touch of new oak introduce the 2025 L'If, a medium- to full-bodied, taut and rather compact wine built around a prominent spine of acidity (the pH is 3.28) that lends it a somewhat intellectual profile.  
- William Kelley (04/2026)