Allemande — Vintage in maturation

Allemande 2025

Straight, clear and marked by inner tension – this is how this wine sets itself in motion.
With a firm step and a calm bearing, it unfolds its power. Grown on selected parcels and made predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, it possesses exceptional precision and depth. Merlot complements without softening.

Vintage
2025
In barrel
30 months
Until release
9 years
Release planned
2035
Drinking window
2035–2065

Why this vintage is still in the cellar

We only release a bottle once it is ready to drink. Until then it stays with us: that costs space, ties up money and brings in nothing for years. Anyone who opens it later has not had to wait ten years for it themselves.

The series

The other vintages

So far this is the only vintage of this cuvée with us. The cuvée's own page shows how the series continues.

The vintage

A mild winter, budbreak two weeks earlier than usual, then heavy rain over Easter that filled the water reserves — in hindsight the decisive turn of the year. May through August ran consistently above average, and August brought ten days above 35 degrees. The rain did not return until the final days of August, and it came at the right moment: it ripened the late Cabernets, kept the alcohol down and the acidity up. The red harvest ran almost entirely in September. At 33.6 hl/ha it was the smallest crop in Bordeaux since 1991 — little juice, great concentration.
In the cellar

This vintage's path to maturity

From harvest to release

  1. OriginHarvest & fermentation
  2. CharacterBarrel & amphora ageing
  3. HarmonyBottle ageing
  4. FinaleBefore release
Release planned for 2035

Find out which vintage will be released next

The wine is still resting. Our newsletter is the first place to read which vintage is leaving the cellar — along with a few notes from the vineyard.

The sound of maturity – Allemande 2025
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Sound of Allemande 2025

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Origin & Soil

The terroir: Allemande

The Allemande rests on two Cabernet Sauvignon plots: the clay-gravel of plot C12 and the gravel of plot C14. These gravelly soils give the Cabernet warmth, drainage and a structure reminiscent of the gravel soils of Pauillac — yet in our hands aimed at finesse rather than power. We make the Allemande only in the vintages in which the Cabernets truly reach this depth.

Which plots go into the blend is decided by the vintage; the assignment can therefore vary slightly from harvest to harvest.

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Plot overview
Aerial view
The cuvée

Allemande 2025

Allemande forms the powerful foundation – a cuvée of great architecture that only reveals its full harmony over time.
Full data sheet & facts: Allemande 2025 Expand or collapse data sheet
Full data sheet & facts: Allemande 2025
Winemaker & place LaSuite aux Conseillans – Domaine aux Conseillans
Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux (France)
Philosophy Plot-by-plot vinification in a nature reserve
New Bordeaux
Vintage 2025
Grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Serving temperature

16 degrees Celsius

Decanting

yes, a few hours are welcome, especially while it is still young

Drinking window (ideal) 2035 – 2065