En primeur offer: Bordeaux 2025

Another well-sited property that benefits from the limestone soils to give a wine of impressive bite and freshness in such a warm vintage. This has notes of lime leaf, toasty oak, blueberry and lanolin. Drink from 2028 to 2035. 13.5%

Such is our honesty and dedication to our hunt for value during primeurs, we all agreed after visiting the estate that we preferred the second wine to the grand vin this year. There is real zip and freshness to the Petit Smith with an appealing tannic bitterness to the palate and citrus core. Perhaps not a wine to put away for ten years but a gorgeously approachable, appealing white. ‘I could drink this all day,’ according to my tasting note! Drink from 2029 to 2033. 13%

One of the most popular whites among members and one that utilises a healthy slug of semillon and judicious oaking. This creates a toasty, zesty, grippy and spicy Bordeaux blanc that always matures with grace. Drink from 2028 to 2038. 13.5%

The limestone soils of La Garde were essential in the warm 2025 vintage, acting like a frugal sponge holding water and only slowly relinquishing over time. Semillon took centre stage in so many of the 2025 whites, but this 91% sauvignon is a delicious outlier, with classic citrus, grassy freshness and real concentration. Drink from 2028 to 2034. 13.5%

Ever popular with members, Clos Floridene is the flagship Graves estate under the ownership of the Dubourdieu family of Doisy-Daëne and Cantegril in Barsac. A wine that consistently offers ageworthiness at a great price, the 2025 is a blend of 50:50 sauvignon blanc and semillon from vines above the village of Barsac. 70% matured in foudres, this is textured yet fresh with notes of hay, gooseberry and blueberry. Drink from 2029 to 2035. 13%