Wine Spectator’s James Molesworth sits down with Christian Moueix in “Tasting the New Cheval Blanc, La Fleur-Pétrus, Beauregard and More,” and the Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix portfolio, including Château La Fleur-Pétrus and Château La Serre, features prominently among the standouts from the 2025 vintage.
Moueix, who Molesworth has met with in Bordeaux for nearly 20 years, gives an unusually candid read on the year, comparing it to the celebrated 2022. “For me it’s a good to very good vintage,” Moueix tells him, before noting that a brutal three-month drought stripped moisture from the Merlot berries and left the wines with a tighter, more tannic structure than the supple 2022. He credits a shift toward gentler extraction techniques with keeping that tannin in check across the portfolio.
Molesworth calls the 2025 La Fleur-Pétrus a tightly coiled wine at this early stage, layered with bitter plum, black currant, and dark cherry fruit alongside warm brick, tobacco, and cast iron notes, with fine-grained tannins built for the long haul. The 2025 La Serre, meanwhile, shows a fresher, more immediate style, with enticing mulberry and boysenberry compote laced with anise and violet, the kind of wine Molesworth says typically delivers right out of the gate.
Check out the full tasting report HERE.
