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Château Margaux Vertical (2019-2021)

Sale price $2,055.00 | In Stock Ships from our French cellar (Delivery in 4-10 days) | Drink or Cellar

This vertical presents three superb Margaux vintages, capturing Château Margaux’s refinement with 2019’s lush black fruit and seamless balance, 2020’s dense dark berries and floral nuance, and 2021’s vibrant red fruit and elegant freshness.

The 2019 Château Margaux epitomizes grace and power in perfect harmony, showcasing the exceptional nature of this vintage. The wine offers a sophisticated bouquet of dark berries, crushed violets, and cedar, with hints of graphite and subtle Asian spices. The palate delivers extraordinary depth and complexity with perfectly ripe tannins, showing both power and ethereal elegance that defines great Margaux.

The 2020 Château Margaux exemplifies the brilliance of this vintage in Bordeaux. This wine offers a captivating bouquet of ripe black fruits, violets, and graphite, underscored by subtle notes of spice and tobacco. On the palate, it displays remarkable freshness and elegance, with refined tannins and a persistent finish, promising an aging potential of 30-40 years.

The 2021 Château Margaux demonstrates the estate's ability to produce excellence even in more challenging vintages. The wine shows classic Margaux characteristics with refined aromas of red fruits, violets, and subtle spices, underpinned by notes of cedar and graphite. On the palate, it displays remarkable precision and elegance, with medium body and beautifully integrated tannins that suggest excellent aging potential.

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Critic Reviews
100

Another utterly heavenly wine from this estate is the 2019 Château Margaux, a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot coming from a selection of just 37% of the total production. Deep purple, with an incredible array of ripe currants, blueberries, sweet tobacco, sandalwood, and toasted spices, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a seamless, powerful, yet incredibly sexy mouthfeel, polished tannins, and a great, great finish. As I wrote in the barrel review, it reminds me slightly of the 2016, but has a touch more sun-kissed profile. It already offers incredible pleasure yet deserves 4-6 years of bottle age and will blow you away any time over the coming 40+ years.

Jeb Dunnuck
100

Is the 2019 Château Margaux the wine of the vintage? A strong case in its favor could certainly be made. Soaring from the glass with aromas of blackberries, raspberries, rose petals, violets, pencil shavings and vine smoke, it's full-bodied, layered and sensual, with a strikingly vibrant core of fruit that's framed by ripe, powdery tannins and bright acids, concluding with a penetrating, mouthwateringly saline finish of almost interminable duration. Complex, elegant and utterly compelling, this is a brilliant Bordeaux that anyone with the requisite disposable income is going to want to own.

Robert Parker
100

Amazing aromas of crushed stones and wet soil with fresh mushrooms, then going on to violets and other flowers. Dark fruit, too. Full-bodied, yet agile and fine, with a linear flow of tannins that run through the center of palate. The finesse of the tannins is exceptional, like raw silk and changing all the time. Cool and energetic, yet reserved. Zen-like. 37% of the production and 90% cabernet sauvignon, 7% merlot, 2% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. So well balanced that you can drink it now, but this is one to leave for a decade and more. Ethereal.

James Suckling
Critic Reviews
100

Gorgeous aromas of dark plums and violets. Orange peel, too. Some crushed stone. Bark. Stems. Iron shavings. Full-bodied, but very tight and compacted. The tannins are all here making it very structured, yet they are polished and melted together. Needs years to show all of its greatness. Incredible polish and structure. More structured than the 2019. Try after 2030 and beyond.

James Suckling
99

A brilliant Margaux; one that takes a sigh and then releases the huge floral, eucalyptus and crushed mint whoosh that comes in waves though the palate. You get the concentration of the vintage in an entirely positive light, with a suave softness to the tannins that makes it stand head and shoulders above many others. Plenty in common with the 1996 vintage - the knitted down tannins, the completeness, the juicy blackcurrant purity and acidity on the finish, and the certainty of long ageing. Real clarity of flavour. Alcohol level is lower than both the 2018 and 2019, but tannins and anthocyanins are at the same level as in 2018. 36% of overall harvest, and 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend. A yield of 36hl/ha. 98-100.

Decanter
98

This is a big wine, smoky and rich. With a higher proportion of Petit Verdot than in the past, it offers complexity and bold black fruits. The wine is structured while always ripe and generous. Drink this magnificent wine from 2028.

Wine Enthusiast
Critic Reviews
98

The purity of fruit here is terrific, with redcurrants, blackcurrants, licorice, lead pencil and hints of fresh basil—so aromatic—that follow through to a full body with creamy, round tannins and lots of volume and fluidity in the center-palate for the vintage. Very structured at the end. 87% cabernet sauvignon, 8% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot. Leave this for at least five or six years. Try after 2030.

James Suckling
98

It is the blackberry fruits that leap from the glass in this fine wine. Its structure is there, but in a way that is so elegant. The wood tannins give structure and layers of concentration. The wine is juicy with black-currant flavors giving great density of freshness. Drink from 2028.

Wine Enthusiast
96+

In the running for the wine of the vintage, the 2021 Château Margaux is stunning in its concentration, depth, purity, and length. Pure cassis and black raspberry fruits as well as graphite, ripe tobacco, and spicy oak all define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, ultra-fine, building tannins, and a gorgeous finish. The style actually reminds me slightly of the 1996, and while it offers pleasure even today, it deserves 5-7 years of bottle age and will evolve for 20-30 years gracefully. It's a classic Château Margaux. The blend is 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged all in new French oak.

Jeb Dunnuck
Château Margaux Vertical (2019-2021)
Château Margaux Vertical (2019-2021) Sale price $2,055.00 | In Stock Ships from our French cellar (Delivery in 4-10 days) | Drink or Cellar

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Château Margaux is one of the most prestigious and historic wine estates in Bordeaux, France. Located in the Margaux appellation, it is one of only five wines classified as a First Growth (Premier Cru) in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. The estate's history dates back to the 12th century, with wine production beginning in the 16th century. Château Margaux is renowned for producing wines of exceptional elegance, complexity, and longevity, primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon, complemented by Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc. The estate also produces a highly regarded white wine, Pavillon Blanc, from Sauvignon Blanc.

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