Bourgogne: A Fascinating 2025 Vintage
What an unexpected year 2025 turned out to be. Yields may sit below expectations, yet the growing season shaped a strikingly successful vintage. A combination of millerandage, two intense heatwaves, and well-timed rainfall during harvest produced wines with depth of color, concentration, and balance.
Growers and Négociants are unanimous in their praise, describing the wines as splendid and radiant, showing impressive promise in both red and white. Fermentations progressed smoothly, revealing precise aromatics and a freshness that characterizes Bourgogne’s greatest years.
With varied terroirs and staggered picking dates, the resulting wines display an expansive aromatic spectrum. All signs suggest that 2025 is a vintage to lay down with confidence.
White Wines
Two distinct styles are emerging among the whites this year. On one side are wines driven by freshness, showing notes of white-fleshed fruit such as pear and peach. On the other are richer, more expansive wines marked by exotic fruit characters and a round, supple texture.
As an early and sun-filled vintage, 2025 particularly favored Aligoté. The resulting wines show a striking balance between acidity and alcohol, highlighting the variety’s natural tension and clarity.
Red Wines
Small berries with perfectly ripe skins have shaped deeply colored reds with supple, finely woven tannins. Alcohol levels remain moderate, lending an appealing sense of lift. This balance is carried by a vivid expression of small red fruits – particularly bright cherry and raspberry.
Despite their delicacy, these wines are poised for impressive longevity, with the structure and definition needed to age gracefully.
Crémant de Bourgogne
More than for any other category, the harvest for Crémant de Bourgogne unfolded in two distinct phases.
The first pick, carried out under the bright August sun, yielded structured, concentrated base wines with notable aromatic intensity. The second, coming after early September rainfall, provided grapes with fresher, more delicate profiles.
These contrasting conditions give the 2025 vintage an unusually broad aromatic palette, enabling a wide range of blends and producing Crémant of depth, precision, and clearly defined character.
Discover the 2025 vintage in a video with Franz-Ludwig Gondard (Domaine Gondar-Perrin), Jérôme Flous, and Erwan Faiveley (Domaine Faiveley).
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