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Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc 2025 [Bordeaux En Primeur]
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Note: This is a Bordeaux Futures item. Estimated Arrival Fall 2028. However, you'll never get a better price on this great vintage of Bordeaux.
*Price does not include possible tariffs. Tariffs will be collected on arrival if we have to pay them - we are hopeful that they will no longer be in affect by 2028*
Château Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc 2025 — Pessac-Léognan
Score references: Jeb Dunnuck 93–95, Vinous 92–94, Decanter 94.
Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc is a strong 2025 dry-white Bordeaux pick. The vintage seems to have favored whites that were picked with precision, preserving acidity while still achieving concentration. Notes point toward white peach, citrus, pear, ginger, mint, floral aromatics, and a lightly reductive mineral edge. This is a more expressive style than Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, but still very much within the serious Pessac-Léognan tradition: textured, aromatic, and built around freshness rather than weight.
How futures work: Many great chateaux of Bordeaux release a portion of wines from the latest vintage in the spring after harvest. Critics and other industry players flock to Bordeaux in April for barrel tastings to score the wines and judge the vintage as a whole. We are offered wines as they release prices over the next couple of months knowing that these won't arrive for 2+ years after we order them. However, once the wines release the prices will usually be much higher.
As a retail shop we have to pay a few months after we order these wines, so we offer the bottles for sale to help fund that payment, and in exchange we take a very low margin. When the wines arrive the purchasers have the benefit of owning bottles which will age for decades at a great price. And any bottles which were not purchased from us go into our inventory where we are able to charge higher margin thanks to the futures price being so low.
TLDR: You pay for wines 2 years before you get them, but there'll never be a lower price.
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The Bordeaux wine region, an emblem of vinicultural prestige, is bisected by the Gironde Estuary into the Left and Right Banks, each celebrated for distinct styles shaped by their unique terroirs. The Left Bank is renowned for its structured, Cabernet Sauvignon-led blends, while the Right Bank favors the softer, Merlot-dominated wines. This region is also the birthplace of the luscious, sweet wines of Sauternes. Bordeaux's time-honored blend and winemaking techniques have inspired countless wine regions around the globe, setting a benchmark for the wine world.
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Sauvignon Blanc, a white grape of significant character, is believed to have originated in the Loire Valley of France, where it continues to produce some of the world’s most iconic and expressive examples. This variety has also found success in Bordeaux, where it is often blended with Sémillon, as well as in New Zealand, where it has become a signature grape, and many other regions across the globe. Known for its vibrant acidity and distinctive aromatic profile, Sauvignon Blanc often displays a pronounced greenness, with notes of fresh-cut grass, herbaceousness, and sometimes even a touch of jalapeño, depending on ripeness and region. These traits are often supported by citrus fruits like grapefruit and lime, leading to wines that are both refreshing and complex, ranging from steely and mineral-driven to more tropical and fruit-forward styles.
