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In late October 2025, I spent four days visiting selected châteaux in Bordeaux, where I tasted primarily the 2023 and 2022 vintages. A detailed report on the visits, the wines I tasted, and some insights from winemakers about the 2025 vintage will follow soon. 

I stayed in Bordeaux for 10 days in April 2025, tasting the 2024 vintage from barrel, several wines from the 2022 vintage, and a handful of 2023s. My report on the 2024 vintage, with over 300 tasting notes and ratings, is now online. You will also find my tasting notes and ratings for many wines on Wine-Searcher, along with pricing and purchasing information. You can easily access Wine-Searcher via the link provided here.

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Selected wines tasted and rated in 2025 

October: Ausone 2022 99p-100p, Beauséjour 2022 98-99p and 2023 99-100p, Figeac 2022 98-99p and 2023 99p, Petrus 2022 100p.

September: Ducru Beaucaillou 2024 95p and 2015 98+p, Figeac: 2019 97+p, 2018 98+p. 2016 98-100p and 2015 97+p, Leoville Las Cases 2024 95p and 2016 99p.

August: Haut-Bailly 1952, 93p; La Mission Haut-Brion 1952, 95p.

July: Corbin 1964 (negociant bottling) 93p, du Tertre 2001 92p.

For previous months - see chapter "VARIOUS TASTING NOTES"

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1. Tasting notes and ratings on recently tasted 2022s are continuously added in the section "2022 Bordeaux from barrel and after bottling". Tasting notes from Raymond Lafon's vertical (April 2024) in 21 vintages from 2023 to 1979 and Tertre Roteboeuf's vertical (November 2024) in 21 vintages from 2022 to 1982, you will find in the section "Horizontal and vertical tastings".

2. In late October 2024, I enjoyed four adventurous days visiting famous and lesser-known properties in Bordeaux and tasted several wines from the 2022, 2021, and 2020 vintages. In April 2024, I visited Bordeaux and tasted barrel samples from the 2023 vintage and several wines from older vintages. A detailed report of these two trips is in the "Vintages" section.

3. The Burgundy and Beaujolais section features tasting reviews of the best wines from these regions, from both well-known and lesser-known producers. In April 2022, I tasted Morgon Côte du Puy from five different producers, in the 2018 and 2019 vintages. I tasted other wines from the same producers in June 2022, and in August 2023, I tasted 2020-vintage wines from these producers and others. 

4. I frequently share my tasting notes on an excellent website managed by Pekka Nuikki from Finland: https://tastingbook.com/. By primo August 2025, I had over 12.700+ followers and 3.650+ TNs there. In Tastingbook's 2024 "The Best Wine Critic in the World" competition, I ranked 22nd among 37 finalists.