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Vintage | 1969 |
Rating | 85-89 |
Classification | Médoc - 1er Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Margaux |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Price | More than 300 € |
New | yes |
Château | Margaux |
Country | France |
For several centuries this Premier Cru Classé has expressed the highest degree of quality of exceptional terroir patiently assembled 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) derive their wealth deep in the soil which is clayey gravelly and particularly dense and thick. The fermentation in oak vats, after which the wine is strictly selected, follows 18 to 24 months in new oak barrels. A masterpiece among Bordeaux, the best according to some, Château Margaux reveals the delicate taste and opulence, depth and complexity, and exudes a rare elegance of rose, violet, black fruit, suspended by tight tannins that require patient aging before the wine fully expresses itself. The château also produces a second wine, Pavillon Rouge de Château Margaux, and a dry white wine, Pavillon Blanc de Château Margaux.
Best vintages of Château Margaux : 1900, 1928, 1953, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990
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Drank over 4 hours. Initially this was only showing a bit of old faded fruit, but this actually took on more sweetness and weight with time in the glass. A nose of dried fruit, wet bandaids, iodine and earth. It was a little flat in the mouth and had a short finish but a fine example of a great old BDX from a tough vintage.