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  June 8, 2023 - Wine Workshop: Chateau Margaux (Gabriel Kreuther): ‘55 is one of those years that I don’t think gets quite enough appreciation and yet I am usually happily surprised. This sadly was not quite one of those evenings. There’s more licorice and a bit more weight to the wine as compared to the ‘53. Lacking that truly beautiful elegance that I noticed there. More black fruits. Still a very interesting wine, but for the price not sure it lives up.

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• Cailles wrote: 91 points

  July 17, 2022 - 16 Mature Bordeaux Magnums 1945/47/55/59 (+Unico): Three 1955s, all from magnum. Clear winner and red WOTN was the Cheval Blanc (97+ pts). Incredible complex, ever changing, a beautiful fruit core, sensual Cheval caramel and toasty components, all embedded in a flawless structure. Second place for Haut Brion (93 pts). Not the best bottle with the smoke/cured meat notes being too dominating. Still, the substance and tension of this wine are impressive. Lastly, 1955 isn‘t a particularly strong year for Margaux (91 pts) and although this bottle was better than my last, which was dead, this bottle had not enough complexity, precision, not elegance to fully convince.
  
  TN: Intense, dark but slightly dusty, not well-delinated nose. On the palate this powerful, with medium quality tannins with some edges, a high acidity which lends a lot of freshness, a touch creaminess and an overall ok balanced (a touch too much acidity). There is dark fruit, lors of iron minerality, herbs, some smoke, some caramel notes. This is quite pleasant and powerful but probably misses a bit of elegance and a higher complexity.
  
  Decanting: Double decanted 3+ hours before the tasting.

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• sirpat00 wrote: 90 points

  July 2, 2022 - Richter Magnum Rarity Tasting (Zunfthaus zur Waag, Zurich): Tasted at a grand magnum rarities tasting hosted by a merchant and collector in Zurich. Most bottles were Bordeaux from the 40s and 50s. The top 3 wines 1. Cheval Blanc 1955 (98), 2. Ausone 1959 (97), 3. Haut-Brion 1955 (95). Full list of wines sorted by score and additional observations included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting notes
  The signature roasted coffee beans present even 65 years after bottling. Red cherry fruit, but a touch unripe and green. Herbal and spice overlays and chocolate. Overall, however, the bouquet was rather dusty and pretty herbal. Palate is still alive but with mostly acidity left. Had the 1955 a few months ago from 75cl bottle with consistent notes and score.

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• G_H wrote: 86 points

  July 2, 2022 - Annual Richter All-Magnum Extravaganza: This wine couldn't get through to me. Weird mix of chocolate powder mixed with some detergent and walnut skin. Rather slim and short.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 90 points

  April 5, 2022 - Light, soft, silky and elegant, the fruit has started to fade. But it has not faded, so today, you find more secondary notes in the nose and on the palate, which delivers its last remnants of vibrant, red fruits, spice and herbs with tobacco leaf and cedar in the finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1955
• Type Red
• Producer Château Margaux
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Margaux
• UPC Code 1000000000167

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• In Cellars 93 (70%)
• Consumed 38 (29%)

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