2025 Château Pedesclaux

The 2025 Pédesclaux is powerful, rich and expansive, yet it retains striking finesse to temper all of the natural intensity of this warm, dry year. Pédesclaux certainly has a lot to offer. Lifted floral notes, silky contours and gorgeous blue/purplish fruit are some of the signatures that grace this expressive, generous Pauillac. Tasted two times. 
- Antonio Galloni (04/2026)

Lots of purity, with freshness and a linear, evenly distributed dark fruit profile. There is elegance and a chewy texture that’s precise and focused, with good definition. 
- Jacobo García Andrade (04/2026)

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Pedesclaux delivers notes of fresh black currants and ripe raspberries, giving way to nuances of cedar, wet slate, and damp soil with a waft of dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate has firm, grainy tannins and a refreshing line framing the taut, muscular black fruit, finishing minerally. The blend is 21% Merlot, 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot, and 9% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13% (04/2026) 

Ivar Bjurner: 91-94 Punkte

Fine, minty and elegant nose. The 2025 Pedesclaux has a fine and well structured, fruity core and an elegant, intense, jammy backbone. It is a very success full effort from the chateau and a wine that will be interesting to follow. (05/2026) 

The 2025 Pedésclaux reveals aromas of dark wild berries, cassis, blackberry and floral notes, combining freshness with approachability. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s structured yet enveloping, built around a juicy core of fruit framed by a firm tannic structure and concludes with a long, perfumed and somewhat firm finish. A blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, it is being matured in 50% new oak, with a significant proportion in 400-liter barrels rather than standard barriques. 
- Yohan Castaing (04/2026)