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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 76 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by remyworldpeace on 4/8/2024 & rated 93 points: Touch of dark cherry, ripe blackberry and some iris on nose, along with forest floor, cigar leaf and cedar. Cherry, blackcurrant and blackberry still discernable on palate with decent depth and freshness. Tertiary forest floor and tobacco leaves along with pencil shavings and hints of pepper. Considering this is almost 30 years old and a second wine it's an impressive showing. Holding up well bit I'd drink up over the next few years to enjoy at it's prime. (181 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 3/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Drinking exceptionally well at the moment! Dominated by minty dark fruits, dense and rich on the palate, I'd like to imagine what the first wine looks like! (1075 views) | | | Tasted by ozonelayer on 4/21/2022 & rated 89 points: This one is starting to head downhill. A lot of tertiary aromas, tannins are mostly gone, still some acid. Notes of viola, pepper and pencil shavings. Still very enjoyable, but definietly past it's peak. Nice experience! (1868 views) | | | Tasted by Dijosa on 1/29/2022 & rated 89 points: Zu Kalbsfilet an Morchelsauce. Der Korken war trocken - liess sich nicht ziehen, sondern zerbröselte komplett, sodass der Wein in den Dekanter abgesiebt werden musste. Anfänglich total verschlossen, öffnete sich erst nach drei Stunden. Dörrpflaume, Waldboden, Leder, Kiesel. Weiche Tannine, mittlerer Körper, schöner Abgang. Ein schöner Margaux - aber wenig Tiefe/Komplexität. Mit den zwei restlichen Flaschen werde ich noch zuwarten! (1845 views) | | | Tasted by djs on 1/23/2022 & rated 92 points: Loads of cedar on the nose. Primarily red fruits with resolved tannin. (2125 views) | | | Tasted by CellarBord on 6/30/2021 & rated 91 points: At our Commanderie dinner of Second Wines(1995 & 2005 Pavillon Rouge, 2005 Bahans Haut Brion, 2009 Croix de Beaucaillou and 2009 Reserve de la Comtesse).
More developed than the 2005 at this stage. At a good place in its development. I was very impressed. Many in our group liked the bit of Brett. Other were very bothered. Drink now-2025. (2750 views) | | | Tasted by curtr on 6/30/2021 & rated 91 points: More developed than the 2005 at this stage. At a good place in its development. I was very impressed. Many in our group liked the bit of Brett. Other were very bothered. Drink now-2025. (2272 views) | | | Tasted by the player on 1/14/2021 & rated 92 points: Drank from magnum over past ten days then decanted the remaining circa 700ml and rank over a couple of hours. Clearly better from magnum than from a regular bottle. Ruby red color, some haze to the color and translucent on the rims. Nose of ash, black fruits, pencil shavings and tobacco fully reflected on the palate but with less dark fruits. Good acidity, decent structure and complexity and tannins still present but on way of being resolved. Lacks the Margaux finesse which I have noticed in several Pavillion Rouge in the less stellar years but a decent finish. Not the best QPR but still enjoyable. (2144 views) | | | Tasted by EJEJ on 8/22/2020: Beginning to turn. Required prolonged decanting. Good bones (2273 views) | | | Tasted by engelwein on 9/26/2019 & rated 91 points: Guter Bordeaux, schöne Nase und intensiv, fein im Mund. On top! Trinken bis 2025? (3910 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 1/23/2019 & rated 90 points: Eclectica at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. 2002 Loire cabernet franc. So much pyrazine and with the fruit and power, this really seemed to be a good call. Loved the hint of sweetness on the fruit, showing some ripeness as well. Not the best blind call I've made. (4683 views) | | | Tasted by mye on 12/24/2017 flawed bottle: Corked! :( (4997 views) | | | Tasted by Taronti on 9/28/2017 & rated 85 points: Austere. Body thin and without charm. (4859 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 4/26/2017 & rated 88 points: Blind 1995 Bordeaux at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): Served blind in flights of 1995 Bordeaux. The nose on this was much better than the palate. Tons of graphite and pencil shavings, coupled with dark fruit. The acidity here is plentiful, but the palate isn't too there. It feels a little thin and the acids jut out a little bit too much. Still, a fairly easy left bank guess for me. (6330 views) | | | Tasted by Innertällmo Bryggeri on 10/1/2016 & rated 86 points: dusty and a little tired - a disappointment (4680 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 7/30/2016 & rated 92 points: During a merchant tasting. Medium dark brick. Expressive nose with lovely aged notes of cigar box, earth, red fruit, cloves, very nice Margaux typicity. Medium bodied, mid palate can't quite follow the aromatic power. (5159 views) | | | Tasted by tendring on 11/30/2015 & rated 90 points: Wine Education Service - Bordeaux 20 Years On (LSE): Just translucent, medium colour with age.
Lovely fruity nose with complexity.
Fruity attack, quite tannic, slightly oaky, youthful, long. (5573 views) | | | Tasted by Cpo on 11/27/2015 & rated 90 points: Still lots of power (4163 views) | | | Tasted by portman63 on 3/3/2015 & rated 91 points: Almost a ruby crystal color in the glass. Showed great currant and blackberry fruit with some leather from age on the nose and palate. Amazingly delicious from bottle open for 2-3 hours. Unfortunately I let it rest some and when I came back, it had fallen apart and had lost any vivacity. Not bad just nothing interesting left in the last third. I would recommend drinking upon opening and not getting it too much air. (4996 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 1/27/2015 & rated 86 points: This bottle was flat and obviously past peak. Needed half an hour of decanting--and food--to show something of interest, and even then it didn't show well compared to most 95's of reasonable breeding. (4466 views) | | | Tasted by Bill Bucklew on 10/19/2014 & rated 87 points: Smokey nose, earthy too, a bit flat. Elegant balance on the palate, just not showing much, structure is weak too. Very tight still after a few hours, black fruit but very one-dimensional. Ok, but not showing the best of what to expect from the vintage. (4617 views) | | | Tasted by henryd1 on 8/2/2014 & rated 89 points: A classically styled bordeaux with some green elements - bell peppers. At first it seemed a bit light and angular, but it got better in the glass. Didn't decant but a short spell in the decanter might have helped. The second wines of first growths have to offer some of the worst value for money in the world! (4355 views) | | | Tasted by MC on 7/16/2014: With a 30 minute splash decant this was very nice. Dark fruits, a bit more body than you might expect, and some finishing tannins that you would expect from the vintage - but ripe tannins. Certainly worth the price at the time. A- (3936 views) | | | Tasted by WineGuyFL on 3/11/2014 & rated 88 points: Has gone downhill very quickly. Had a bottle in the fall of 2012 which was great, as was a bottle earlier that year. This one was very mundane. One of the Pro Reviewers has 2013 as the back end year of the drink window. Should have listened to him. (3888 views) | | | Tasted by Tree512 on 3/1/2014 & rated 86 points: Correct but not very interesting. Fully mature, a bit plummy, and short. (3549 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux Producer website
Read more about Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux<br><br>This is the second wine of Château Margaux Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation".
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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