2003 Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  3/8/2024 - NoahCap wrote:

  This is a 21 yr old wine. Most recent CellarTracker notes are over 10 years old. Not sure what to expect, but the pale color of the wine through the clear glass was promising. Removing the capsule shows that the wine has barely started to penetrate the cork.
  
  The wine give an overall sense of freshness and at the same time has some notes of development on the nose if you're looking for them. Really lovely aromas. Very floral, dried pineapple, golden apple, jackfruit, lemon meringue, candle wax, honeycomb, a little spiciness (cinnamon?). It's a fascinating nose. In the mouth, the wine is dry, medium in body, a good amount of lively acidity, but with a gravitas that conveys seriousness. Flavors lean more textural, surprisingly full of minerality- limestone and chalk. The waxiness is apparent as well, with lemons and yellow apples hovering the background. The finish has a cleansing, almost digestif-like bitterness, though it is a bit on the short side (the only real criticism I have here).
  
  Man, I'm starting to really dig these aged Sauvignon Blanc-based wines. I don't have them often, but whenever I do, I wonder why that's the case. (Cost probably...) Though fresh on the nose, the palate is a more aged, and therefore might not appeal widely. But I loved it. Of the few super high quality Sauv Blanc based wines I've had in the past 5 or so yrs, I'd rate this just a small step behind Petit Cheval Blanc, Ygrec, and Mondavi To Kalon I-Block. But highly recommended if you can find it.

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  5/18/2013 - Timbalimba wrote: 93 Points

  Château Margaux Masterclass, Paul Pontallier and Alexandra Mentzelopoulos (London): Pale gold, showing some age and the hot vintage. Fantastic nose, exotic, other-worldly, with ripe tropical fruit and exotic flowers, lanolin, oak, smoke. "Perfumed" is the concept I return to as I try these wines and there's really no better word to catch the quality of the bouquet. The palate is ripe, yet not voluptuous, medium bodied, viscous, very balanced and fine. Just slightly, slightly lacking in acidity but that's down to the vintage and a minor detail, really. Long, balanced, deceptively easy to drink. Probably peaking now

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  5/18/2013 - Papies wrote: 93 Points

  Chateau Margaux Masterclass with Paul Pontalier (Decanter FWE, The Landmark hotel, London): Honey yellow in colour. Caramel notes on the nose, toffee, light ripe fruit. On th epalate it is akin to a rhone white and is a totally different to the 2011 we had before this. Spice, rich fruit, elegant and long. Like rhone whtes, white rioja, this would not be to everyone liking. It is to ours! 93 drink now

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  5/18/2013 - rossi.wine wrote: 90 Points

  Special year due to the weather. Very ripe, more exotic fruit on the nose, drinking nicely now, but lacking acidity and freshness. Creamy, core of sweet fruit, medium+ finish, just a little weird, bitter?

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  4/20/2013 - mwanasheria wrote: 89 Points

  Grapefruit, ananas, passion fruit. Pretty.

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