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Bordeaux opening prices: the 2025 vintage

Top Bordeaux is first sold while it is still in the barrel, a system called en primeur. These are the opening prices each château asked, as reported by the wine press.

Young red wine being drawn from a barrel into a glass

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En primeur campaigns: the 2025 vintage

Each spring the Bordeaux châteaux offer the previous year’s wine to the trade while it is still in barrel. This page records the price each asked per bottle, campaign by campaign, exactly as a named publication reported it, beside the first price American shops offered the same wine at where Wine Spectator tabulated one.

How it works

Each spring, the top Bordeaux estates offer last year’s wine for sale while it is still in the barrel. Buyers pay now and wait about two years for the bottles.

The opening price sets the tone for everything that follows, which is why the trade watches it so closely. The bars below show what each estate asked.

A row of tasting glasses of young red wine on a barrel in a cellar
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USD per 75 cl bottle ex-négociant at first offer, as reported by the publication cited in the table · ≈ converted to USD at the 9 Oct 2026 rate

Per bottle at the opening price. Prices first published in euros are converted where marked ≈.Source: publication cited per row below
WineRelease pricePrevious priced vintageFirst US retail offerReported by
Château Cheval Blancreleased 11 May 2026 ≈$376 2024: ≈$309 $473 Wine Spectator The Drinks Business, 2026-05-12
Château Lafite Rothschildreleased 20 May 2026 ≈$376 2024: ≈$322 $470 Wine Spectator The Drinks Business, 2026-05-20
Château Mouton Rothschildreleased 3 June 2026 ≈$336 2024: ≈$282 $423 Wine Spectator The Drinks Business, 2026-06-03
Château Palmer ≈$268 2022: ≈$330 $278 Wine Spectator Wine Spectator, 2026-06-12
Château Lynch-Bages ≈$96 2024: ≈$67 $100 Wine Spectator Wine Spectator, 2026-06-12
 Opening prices are per bottle, as first sold to the trade and published in euros; US shop prices were published in dollars. Both are shown in your chosen currency, marked ≈ where converted.

Every campaign at a glance

Wine2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Carruades de Lafite——————≈$201———
Château Cheval Blanc—≈$484≈$591≈$414≈$425≈$437≈$526≈$430≈$309≈$376
Château Haut-Brion—≈$390≈$457≈$316≈$484≈$470≈$578≈$349——
Château Lafite Rothschild—≈$470≈$526≈$443≈$532≈$526≈$649≈$443≈$322≈$376
Château Lynch-Bages—≈$84≈$101≈$74≈$101≈$101≈$118≈$81≈$67≈$96
Château Margaux—≈$390≈$457≈$369≈$484≈$470≈$578≈$403≈$309—
Château Mouton Rothschild—≈$390≈$457≈$316≈$484≈$470≈$578≈$363≈$282≈$336
Château Palmer≈$269≈$215≈$269≈$180≈$269≈$269≈$330——≈$268
 Per bottle at the opening price. Prices first published in euros are converted where marked ≈.