CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978
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1978

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1978

Wine 1978 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Margaux

A cool and humid spring, but fortunately the late season made it possible to delay the harvest and thus harvest completely healthy and fairly ripe berries.
Château Margaux 1978 is an elegant wine with very pronounced aromas, with a slight note of mint. This classified growth has significant aging potential.

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93 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
92 / 100
Wine Spectator December - 1989
Wine Spectator
96 / 100
Jean-Marc Quarin February - 2000
Jean-Marc Quarin
Tasted blind after one hour of decanting. Color. Dark red. Blood. Medium to good intensity. Slight evolution. Bright. First nose clean. Intense. Fine. Fruity. With still a vanilla and fine oak well present. Slight touch of button mushroom. Swirling. Better. Complex and fine. Spicy. Quite warm too. What softness in the entry, what a caress! The wine develops with great delicacy of structure, velvety then, suddenly, it truly melts in the mouth, leaving a tight, long framework and very ripe tannins for the vintage. We find again the mushroom note. Beautiful refined length in this rather discreet wine, but which goes down with unbelievable ease.
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93 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate May - 2016
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The 1978 Chateau Margaux is a significant wine for two reasons: that is was the first under the Mentzelopoulos family after acquiring the property and also, it was their best wine in many years. Today it is still going strong. Clear in color, it has quite a deep garnet core. The nose is very seductive with black fruit, leather, scorched earth, a hint of lavender all beautifully defined and quintessentially Margaux. The medium-bodied palate has exquisite balance, the acidity nicely judged, still a little masculine and "solid" compared to the subsequent vintages under Paul Pontallier, yet fresh and vital. Sure, there is a grittiness and a touch of rusticity towards the finish, but all in all, this represents a great 1978 Left Bank and a signpost that the First Growth was back on the right track after a dismal run of vintages during the 1970s.
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Vintage Wine  1978
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Margaux
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Margaux
Château Margaux
Château Margaux

Château Margaux is one of the greatest wine estates in Bordeaux. In AOC, Margaux is listed among the First Growth wines in the official 1855 Médoc classification.

If it is a privilege to bear the name of its Margaux appellation, there is no doubt that Château Margaux does great honor to it.

For several centuries, this Premier Cru Classé has expressed to the highest degree the exceptional qualities of terroirs patiently gathered by several generations of owners. Maintained and harvested exclusively by hand with extreme care, the 78 hectares of vines (75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot) draw their richness very deeply from a particularly dense and thick clay-gravel soil.

Fermentation in oak vats, after which the wine is strictly selected, is followed by 18 to 24 months of aging in new oak barrels. A masterpiece among Bordeaux wines, considered by some to be the best, Château Margaux reveals finesse and opulence, depth and complexity in tasting, and develops a bouquet of rare elegance with notes of rose, violet, and black fruits, underpinned by tight tannins that require patient aging before reaching their full potential. The château also produces a second wine, Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, and a dry white wine, Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux (100% Sauvignon Blanc).

The greatest vintages of Château Margaux are: 1900, 1928, 1953, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990

>> Read our article "Bordeaux Classified Growths, official 1855 classification"

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