5 May 2026 Clay soils were an advantage in this hot, dry vintage, giving a leg up to St-Émilion. Gavin Quinney took the photo above of the St-Émilion vinescape on 17 September 2025. See also the left-bank reds and the Bordeaux 2025 en primeur thread in our forum.
The clay-limestone plateau and côtes of St-Émilion provided many of the successes of the vintage, Ausone, Canon and Pavie leading the way. The terroir clearly handled the hydric stress better than elsewhere, the clay...
