Chateau Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac 2025

James Suckling: A juicy and savory wine with berry, terra cotta and chocolate aromas. It’s medium-bodied with velvety tannins and a delicious finish. Really attractive. Only 13.5% alcohol. 80% merlot and 20% cabernet franc."

Jane Anson: Deep plum colour, measured and enjoyable dark fruit aromatics, pumice stone texture and firm tannins that hold things together through the palate. This is a well handled Grand Barrail, where you feel the acidity lifting through the palate, threatening to overpower, but stays within the lines, keeping focus on the flesh of the fruit, and will integrate further over ageing. Harvest September 5 to 20. 27% new oak. Dourthe Vignobles. 47hl/h yield, 3.6ph."

Decanter: Violet and blue fruit aromas. Good combination of texture and freshness, fleshy tannins make their presence known, chewy, juicy and alive with good persistence and a clean and chalky finish. I like the strawberry and cranberry juice with mouthwatering acidity alongside fleshy, chewy, bouncy tannins. A good mouthful of wine with persistence. Will soften over ageing and just smooth out. A yield of 47hl/ha. 3.6pH. Pénélope Godefroy now technical director across the Maison Dourthe portfolio."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac shimmies out with bright notes of raspberry pie and kirsch, giving way to suggestions of wild thyme, pencil lead, and mossy tree bark. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers mineral-laced red berry flavors with a racy backbone and grainy tannins, finishing earthy."

Jeb Dunnuck: A terrific, elegant wine in the vintage, the 2025 Château Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac reveals red, black, and blue fruits intermixed with graphite, sappy flowers, and hints of chocolate. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has a pure, layered mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish."

Wine Advocate: The 2025 Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac reveals a more expressive bouquet than in previous vintages, with aromas of cassis, mulberries and floral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, juicy and enveloping, it’s elegant and concentrated, built around delicate, precise tannins and concludes with an ethereal, perfumed finish that underscores a subtle evolution in the estate’s stylistic profile."

Falstaff: Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Zart kräuterwürzig unterlegte Zwetschkenfrucht, ein Hauch von Kirschen, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, rote KIrschen, dezente Süße, bleibt haften, ein feinwürziger Begleiter bei Tisch."