CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986
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1986

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1986

Wine 1986 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Margaux

This summer, the weather conditions were excellent, but the month of September was rainy. Immediately afterwards, the sun returned until the harvest, bringing the grapes to superb maturity.
1986 is another exceptional vintage following on from 1985. Rarely has a vintage (until 2000, 2005 and 2010) been so powerful and concentrated from the outset. You have to go back to the legendary 1961 to find such richness and balance before it. Château Margaux 1986 is a rich, fairly firm and tannic wine.

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98 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
97 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate December - 2016
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
The 1986 Chateau Margaux is one of the dark horses of the vintage. It has an exquisite bouquet that is now fully mature, with a mixture of red and black fruit, violets, pastilles and hints of cold stone. It blossoms in the glass, gaining intensity all the time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a more robust Margaux as you would expect given the vintage, clearly with firm backbone, more straight-laced than the 1985 or 1989. Yet there is wonderful delineation and focus here. If you seek strictness and classicism in a wine, then this is the place to come, plus there is superb mineralité and tension on the ferrous finish. Perhaps a little overlooked in recent years, the 1986 Margaux comes highly recommended for those who love the property. This is a wine finally coming of age. 
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94 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider November - 2022
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Better on the nose than on the palate with its austere, rustic edge to its tannins, there is a wealth of ripe fruit, but the finish is a bit rough around the edges. This is best for tasters longing for days gone by. Give it air, and, or time. Drink from 2022-2040.
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Jean-Marc Quarin June - 2017
Jean-Marc Quarin
Dark color, of good intensity and evolved. Moderately aromatic nose, animal with slightly cooked fruitiness indicating a bottle that is not at its best. Magical mouthfeel from the very first sip. Dreamy texture. However, after the mid-palate, the wine finishes a little sharp and harsh despite a lovely flavor.
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Vintage Wine  1986
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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