CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
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CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
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1996

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996

Wine 1996 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Margaux

This year, flowering was very rapid, with an irregular summer, alternating between hot and cool periods. The harvest took place under the sun.
The 1996 vintage will finally give birth to a wine whose classicism and purity will make history. Indeed, Cabernet Sauvignons have very rarely achieved such perfection of style and such balance. Château Margaux 1996 reveals a certain harmony and purity of its fruit, with a density in texture. This is a dream Margaux which is very difficult to resist, but whose aging potential is immense.

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100 / 100 Rated by 9 experts

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100 / 100
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine June - 2018
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine
Ripe Bordeaux red, strong color. Dark fruity, smoky, bacon, incredibly deep and expansive on the nose, becomes more floral with air, the senses rejoice, you want to dive in, so much finesse already in the nose, a hit. Juicy and fresh at the start, concentrated, but light as a feather, everything is in its place here, a bundle of power on the tightrope, a great balance and complexity, can Bordeaux get any better? Now until 2040
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99 / 100
Jeannie Cho Lee June - 2017
Jeannie Cho Lee
I adore this vintage in Bordeaux, especially for Margaux. There is great depth, layers and power despite being delicate and floral. The paradox in this wine makes it infinitely fascination. Perfect to enjoy now; should keep at least 25 year easily.
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99 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider December - 2023
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
This could hit triple digits in a few years. It continues filing out, gaining in complexity, richness, and texturally, additional layers of silk and velvet on the palate are the order of the day. This stunning wine is showing beautifully today, and while pricey, it is the best deal for a mature vintage of Chateau Margaux in the market today. Drink from 2023-2055.
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98 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate December - 2023
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
When I used to drink this wine as a student, it generally left me a bit cold, but several recent bottles of the 1996 Château Margaux lead me to think that I must have had bad luck with a poorly stored batch of bottles. Along with Haut-Brion, Margaux is the most forward of the 1996 first growths, offering up an expressive bouquet of creamy cassis fruit mingled with cigar wrapper, sweet spices, espresso roast and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, suave and fleshy, with melting tannins and a long, expansive finish, it's in a beautiful place today.
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95 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2000
Tom Cannavan
Intense, dark, purple/black with a hint of light at rim. Beautifully sweet and concentrated, powerful nose with aromas of ripe cherry, blackcurrant and vanilla. It is rich and cedary too with earthy flavours and little notes of incense and violets. The palate is ripe, full and concentrated with bags of cinammon and clove spice, leather, tobacco and fine, ripe but grippy tannins. There are deep seams of fruit in this wine and wonderful balance and complexity finishing long and mellowed by toasty vanillin oak. A great wine and built for development - I know where my £160 would go between this and the previous wine.
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94 / 100
Falstaff January - 2003
Falstaff
Fleshy ruby; beautiful, playful nose, some leather, very compact; very elegant on the palate, slightly mineral, fine and balanced, firm pressure in the finish.
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19 / 20
Autre December - 2018
Autre
Grandes Escolhas : Includes around 90% Cabernet Sauvignon. Lots of aromatic class, concentrated, with abundant notes of black fruits and dark chocolate, blueberries, all rich and without straying from the Bordeaux classicism that made it famous. Perfect in the mouth, with a huge future ahead, filigree tannins, with rare and perfect overall elegance.
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97 / 100
Wine Spectator March - 2007
Wine Spectator
Cool and racy on the nose, with mineral, currant, black licorice and plum. Full-bodied, with a silky, seductive, exciting palate of ultrafine tannins and a long, long caressing finish. Structured and refined. Fabulous. Gets better and better.
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18 / 20
Jancis Robinson February - 2011
Jancis Robinson
Dark crimson. Very fine, together and fragrant. Sweet and very Margaux – super charming. Already quite evolved for a first growth! Lovely polish. Though you would need to distract from the fine tannins there in abundance on the finish. Very fresh. No shortage of acidity. A little fragile and spiky.
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Vintage Wine  1996
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Margaux
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Château Château Margaux
Château Margaux
Château Margaux

Château Margaux is one of the largest wine estates in Bordeaux. In AOC, Margaux appears in the first classified growths of the official classification of Médoc wines of 1855.

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

For several centuries, this Premier Cru Classé has expressed to the highest degree the exceptional qualities of terroirs patiently brought together 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 the soil. clayey-gravelly, particularly dense and thick.

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 the Bordeaux wines, the best according to some, Château Margaux reveals finesse and opulence, depth and complexity on tasting, and develops a bouquet of rare elegance of rose, violet, black fruits, under -taut by tight tannins that require patient aging before blossoming. 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).

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

>> Read our article "Grands Crus Classés from Bordeaux"

>> Discover all the crus classés of Médoc classification

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