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Cropped low because of hail and drought at just 29hl/ha and from just 38% of the total crop the 2011 Ch Margaux is a thing of beauty. Pungent aromas of old vine Cabernet (Sauvignon and Franc), incredible purity and deliniation of aromas: currants, leafy blackcurrants, violets which remains pungent even when holding the glass 30cms from your nose! Silky and very streamlined the concentration is breathtaking and framed with very fine polished tannin. It remains in the mouth for minuted afterwards...but the nose! Just at the back is a block of dense, dry tannin which perhaps is the only critisism for what is a lovely wine buoyed with bright juicy acids.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
James Suckling
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As expected from Margaux, the nose is gorgeous with aromas of violets, spices and blackberries. The flavours on the palate are rather dense this year (as is the Pavillon Rouge which has an enormous amount of density) and leans toward a full-bodied tannic style, which is atypical of Chateau Margaux. This year the grand vin had a very high density of tannins with an IPT level of 81 (most full-bodied reds are below 80). I would have appreciated slightly less extraction in both the grand vin and Pavillon Rouge. AsianPalate.com
Very elegant and ethereal with ultra-fine tannins and delicate fruit. Full body. I love the floral and aromatic quality to this. Then the tannins kick in. This has more tannins than 2010, according to technical director Paul Pontallier, and others, but you can't tell when tasting it. jamessuckling.com
Floral cassis fruit, lovely florality and perfect texture, beautifully harmony of expression above concentrated natural tannins. Drink 2017-2035. Decanter.com
About the producer
Ch. Margaux is one of Bordeaux’s most historic and famous estates. The only classified First Growth in Margaux, it epitomises the appellation’s elegance, while producing wines with fantastic ageing potential.