Avis professionnels
Robert Parker (94)
93-95
The 2025 Pavillon Blanc, crafted entirely from Sauvignon Blanc, reveals a profile marked by confit citrus alongside notes of herbs and white fruits. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s rich and dense yet enveloping and is built around a fleshy core of fruit with notable plenitude and aromatic intensity. Bright, well-defined acidity brings balance, leading into a long, ethereal and perfumed finish. In the context of a notably dry vintage for white wines, this stands out as a clear success. Harvested between August 18 and 22, with yields of 16 hectoliters per hectare, it matured in 20% new oak, with less bâtonnage than usual, and has a pH of 3.14.
Vinous (95)
94-96
The 2025 Pavillon Blanc is a total stunner. Tangerine peel, white peach, passion fruit and white pepper are some of the many notes that soar from the glass. The team opted for less bâtonnage than most years, as the fruit was already quite rich. Yields were just 16 hectoliters per hectare. The 2025 is an unusually exotic Pavillon Blanc, a wine with a very strong personality. I find it compelling, but I can also imagine some readers may find it a bit too rich.
Jeb Dunnuck (98)
97-99
All Sauvignon Blanc raised in 20% new barriques, the 2025 Château Margaux Pavillon Blanc checks in at 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.14. It has a riper-than-usual nose of citrus, honeyed lemon, white flowers, and chalky minerality, and on the palate, it's rich, pure, and concentrated, with remarkable depth and focus. As always, this is a brilliant, singular, absolutely riveting expression of Sauvignon Blanc
Decanter (96)
Clementines, grapefruit, white pear, chamomile and elderflower on the nose. Gorgeous zesty appeal - bright and focused, upfront with a tangy freshly picked green apple core. Succulent and almost sweet with a dollop of lemon sherbet and pineapple but with such clear and crystalline acidity. Intense and concentrated, extremely rich but lifted by the acidity. Definitely has an opulence to this - it’s wide, impactful and long lasting on the finish with peach and apricot notes. No aggressive acidity, more fresh and soft fruit but with real mass. Gorgeous, juicy and just makes you smile. What a wonderful wine. A yield of 16hl/ha. 3.14pH. Harvest 18-22 August.
Falstaff (95)
Pale greenish yellow, silver reflections. Fine nuances of gooseberries and white peach, a hint of passion fruit, lemongrass, floral notes. Complex, juicy, white tropical fruit, finesse-rich structure, mineral, subtle sweetness on the finish, delicate aftertaste, salty touch, good length, a multi-faceted food companion.
