Community Tasting Note
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Cailles wrote: 99 points
April 8, 2020 - Château Margaux Vertical 2003-2015: All wines tasted blind alongside the matching vintage of Sassicaia (see separate tasting story). The quality of the Margauxs transcends through the vintages with exceptional complexity and precision and a soft- and roundness not many left bank wines show that young. Many off-vintages delivered great pleasure (06, 08, 12) but of course the best wines were from the top vintages. Winner again was the 2009 (already won in a top 50 wines from 2009 retrospective last June) thanks to an unbelievable depth and sexiness. The 2015 (hyper pure and singular) and the 2010 (the definition of finesse) are just a tad behind, with the 2005 (like so many 2005s) showing promising but not ready. Average score for the Margauxs at very high 94.8 points (clearly higher than the 92.1 for the Sassicaias, which - no surprise - only beat Margaux in the very weak Bordeaux vintages 2011/2013).
TN: The number two tonight and certainly a candidate for perfection is the 2015. Wave after wave of the purest and freshet and most singular aromas with strawberries, raspberries, rosehip, a strong, strong and pure alpine herbs component, mocha, burnt sugar, minty notes. Very singular, highly expressive on the nose and palate. Not yet as layered as the 2009 or 2010 as the fruit component is more dominant as of now but that is just a matter of time. Structure, balance, length are already perfect today. Too bad the commemorative black label pushed the prices to stratospheric levels which prohibits further stocking-up of this beauty. But who knows, maybe prices will come down further (current prices are already lower than 12 and 18 months ago).7 people found this helpful 15,655 views
2 Comments
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NickRut commented:
4/8/20, 10:11 AM - Wow - What an incredible tasting. Two of my favorites.
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Cailles commented:
4/11/20, 3:01 PM - Thx. It indeed was an amazing tasting. Always ver educational and with all the Margaux sexiness, extremely pleasurable too. :)