Château Margaux 2019

Grand Vin of Château Margaux 2019 är en utmärkt årgång och ett av de värdefulla viner vi har haft turen att producera detta årtionde, 2015, 2016, 2018 och nu 2019.
Grand Vin of Château Margaux 2019 kommer att vara den första att dra full nytta av de nya faciliteterna i andraårskällaren, vars konstruktion påbörjades av André Mentzelopoulos i slutet av 1970-talet. Det har ändrats flera gånger under åren, det genomgick nyligen omfattande renoveringsarbeten och har slutförts, vi är glada att kunna säga, precis när hans barnbarn, Alexis Leven-Mentzelopoulos, går med i Château Margaux-teamet. Han och hans syster Alexandra Petit-Mentzelopoulos representerar gårdens framtid. (april 2022)

Druvor

Cabernet Sauvignon utgör fortfarande hjärtat av Château Margaux och står för 90 % av samlingen. Merlot står för 7%. Utöver våra emblematiska paket har vi i år lagt till Merlots från Haut du Jardin-paketet som ger kropp och charm till vinet som helhet. Cabernet Franc (2%) och Petit Verdot (1%) fullbordar sammansättningen. Château Margaux står för 37 % av skörden.

Tasting note

'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.

Philippe Bascaules—who served as directeur de l'exploitation under Paul Pontaillier between 1990 and 2011—took the reins at Château Margaux in early 2017, and he and his team have crafted one of the qualitative pinnacles of the 2019 vintage. Meticulously maintained vineyards, situated on the appellation's finest terroirs, are farmed intelligently, without deleafing or green harvesting—something other producers increasingly emulate as they pull back from the excesses of the early 2000s. Cabernet Sauvignon is on the increase, both in terms of plantings and as a percentage of the blend (it represents fully 90% of the grand vin in 2019), which works perfectly with Margaux's soils and the estate's elegant but concentrated style. Winemaking is very traditional, with classical macerations and an 18-month élevage in new oak (most barrels are produced in-house) punctuated by six rackings and one egg-white fining. An in-house bottling line is being acquired to bring even greater control and flexibility. Natural cork is the oder of the day for the reds, of course, but whites now see Diam 30 to ensure consistent evolution, and all are bottled in Margaux's new proprietary extra-dark glass bottle.'

Robert Parker The Wine Advocate

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