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• Winiac wrote: 94 points

  November 25, 2023 - Solid structure with good acidity and focus of flavors. Was best after one hour of decanting.

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• hprphf wrote: 90 points

  November 18, 2023 - Good aromatics but short. 90

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• mxpbuy Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 19, 2023 - After an hour of air or so, the wine opened. This wine is lighter on its feet than most 2003s are and is why this wine still has at least another 5 to7 years left in it. Black fruits, tobacco, cedar, dried herbs. A very nice and well made wine that tasted blind would be hard to pick as an '03.

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• remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 16, 2023 - Elegant red fruits. Graphite, pencil lead. Long finish, precise structure and good complexity.
  
  Tasted blind. I confess that I thought this was a Pauillac (although don't feel too bad as an MW around the table concurred).

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• Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  June 16, 2023 - New Opportunities by the Sea; 6/7/2023-6/30/2023 (Alicante - España): First of four. As it is traditional at my home, bottle opened sixteen hours in advance having a slow breath. Bottle has been laying down in my cellar for fifteen years. In spite that plastic envolving its capsule, cork showed moldy and little soaked (pictured). First sniff was pretty reduced smelling something in between drain pipe and horse manure. After this slow, gentle aeration all have changed to cedar, to a punch of macerated red and black berries, to a strawberry bunch, certainly veggie yet mineral too. Effectively masculine yet been a Margaux. On the palate showed a diluted texture but tasty and long at the same time. Maybe a little tired acidity, tamed tannins at an unbalanced alcoholic, smoky, dry finish. That's all. Heat records only in your mind. Prices rocking to high. Nothing spectacular but quite effective. No rush.
  
  Primera de cuatro. Como es tradicional en mi casa, la botella se abrió con dieciséis horas de antelación obteniendo una lenta respiración. Ha estado acostada en mi bodega durante quince años. A pesar del plástico envolviendo su cápsula, el corcho se mostró mohíno y un poco empapado (en la imagen). La primera inhalación presentaba reducción oliendo a algo entre la tubería de drenaje y el estiércol de caballo. Después de este lenta, suave aireación todo ha cambiado a cedro, a un puñetazo de bayas rojas y negras maceradas, a un ramillete de fresas, sin duda vegetariano pero mineral también. Efectivamente masculino pero siendo un Margaux. En boca mostró una textura diluida pero sabrosa y larga al mismo tiempo. Tal vez un poco de acidez cansada, taninos domesticados en un final alcohólico desequilibrado, ahumado, seco. Eso es todo. El calor de récord solo se registra en tu mente. Los precios oscilan a lo alto. Nada espectacular pero bastante efectivo. Sin prisas.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Margaux
• UPC Codes 087000337701, 087000347656, 3394150015265, 3453521129182, 3700266202107

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• Pending Delivery 18 (0%)
• In Cellars 2,202 (61%)
• Consumed 1,405 (39%)

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