2023 Château Margaux

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 99 points

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  5/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points

  In competition for wine of the vintage, with a single swirl, you find roses violets, lilacs, black, with red cherries, espresso, cocoa, and boysenberries in the haunting aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is silky, velvety, energetic, and lively. Instead of the weight and intensity found in the 2022, the 2023 focuses on its purity, refinement, length, vivacity, and sensual textures. The seamless finish resonates for 60 seconds, leaving you with lingering waves of incredibly sweet, and pure cherries. Part of the reason for the success of the vintage at Margaux is due to the combination of the amount of rain, and even more importantly, the timing of the rains, which helped the vines reach a better level of maturity. It is interesting to note that macerations were slow, and easy, with some vats taking 28 days due to the lower alcohol levels. The wine blends 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot. 13.1% ABV. 3.61 pH, 15% press wine. 41% of the crop was placed into the Grand Vin. Picking took place September 11-October 6. The length of the harvest was due to intermittent periods of rain during the harvest, so picking stopped and started, which is another key to the success in 2023. Drink from 2030-2065. 98-100 Pts.

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  5/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 99 Points

  98-100 Punkte. Ein zauberhafter Duft, ein Archetyp eines Château Margaux, ein Relief an Aromen, verspielt, floral, Minze, rote Beeren, ungemein tief und mit einer Balance am Gaumen, die seinesgleichen sucht; perfekt verwobenes Tannin stützt die knackige Frucht, frisches, langanhaltendes Finale, das ist eine Delikatesse sondergleichen. Umwerfend! (En Primeur Tasting April 2024, 13.1 Alkohol)

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