2014 Château Margaux

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 94.7 points

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  3/3/2024 - b swan wrote: 96 Points

  JA, Sit back, and drink in the finessed tannins and floral aromatics that are so associated with Château Margaux, and that are fully on display in this elegant, refined wine. Still young, with soft roasted blackberry and bilberry fruits that sit alongside crushed mint, cigar and liqourice root. The savoury edge of Cabernet Sauvignon is dominant in terms of character, and this will benefit from a few more years of ageing. The bottle supplied during the Bordeaux Index tasting was corked, so I Coravined one that I have at home. I particularly wanted to include it as this was one of Paul Pontallier's last vintages. 36% of overall production in the 1st wine. 100% new oak.

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  4/16/2023 - Jonathan / Vinofili Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The bouquet is quite typical Bordeaux with notes of cassis, blackcurrant leaves, blackberry compote, boysenberry, lavender and violets, sweet licorice, dark chocolate, dark roast coffee beans, mild menthol and eucalyptus, some dried thyme, bayleaves, mild smoke, oak and cedar. Quite a good freshness! The minerality is pretty wild; tar, iron, lead and wet gravel.
  On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, fleshy with medium+ acidity and super soft and velvety tannins. Blackcurrant and blackberry compote, elderberry juice, dark chocolate, spicy baked plums, pepper, mild smoke, dried herbs, cured meat and roasted mushrooms - in general a big umami-like profile in the (super long) finish.
  
  Mega primary at the moment with the fruit doing 80% of the job. So yeah, too young in my opinion, but still great to taste.
  I was happy to taste this wine for the first time, but even though it's a legendary name, young Bordeaux simply doesn't blow me away.. I have the feeling, that it can easily grow with some points in a decade or more, but I will always score the wine from the experience and not the potential.
  
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  4/15/2023 - Motz wrote: 96 Points

  An offering from a time since passed, and deeply missed. Resplendent purity and precision. It put my mind to the mid 1990s, particularly the understated 1994 vintage.
  
  Classic elegance in all regards. Medium plus to high acid, medium to medium plus, steely tannins. Balanced oak treatment, seamless alcohol.
  
  Ethereal poise and complexity, in evocative layers, at every phase. A wine to sit with in contemplation of all that bears meaning. In these ways, it handles similarly to exceptional quality Burgundy.
  
  Far from maturity, no less than a decade, perhaps two. I would not hesitate to hold bottles through 2050. Improvement all but certain. 96-97...98?

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  12/31/2022 - Motz wrote: 96 Points

  Another Coravin pour.
  
  Mostly primary, with oak not yet fully integrated. Initial secondary notes, nothing tertiary. Wonderful purity, elegance, and balance. The wine graces the palate as it glides across it. Totally seamless.
  
  Medium plus to high acid, medium, deceptively powdery tannins. This will continue evolving for at least twelve to fifteen years. Likely to enter its optimum drinking window after 2032-2035, probably later, and hold form for several years thereafter. If drinking over the next five to seven years, recommend a 4-8 hour decant. 96-97.
  
  Is this worth the money? No! Does it offer a singular tasting experience? Absolutely!

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  12/2/2022 - wxs2102 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  @ Old Homestead Steakhouse NY. A burst of wildflower bouquet on the nose. Blackcurrants and light vanilla dominate the palate as it drains down with a 40-second long and wistful finish. This vintage is ready to go!

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