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Red
1990 Château Margaux
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Margaux
Community Tasting Notes 295
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Bullethead Likes this wine: 100 points
February 21, 2020 - Omg, my first perfect wine. This is simply PERFECT. Amazing nose your can sniff all day. Wonderful palate with super long finish. In terms of favour it got everything you expect from the top mature bordeaux e.g. black berries, pencil, earthy, forest, truffle. It’s still fruity and youthful but at the same time got amazing secondary favour. It will be last for decades but perfect right now. Celebrating my 30th birthday with my birth vintage wine.
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Burgnick wrote: 94 points
January 11, 2020 - Decanted for an hour before serving. Perfume, black currant, sweet cedar, truffle and medicine. Palate was not fully expressive but it had lots of underlying substance pending to be fully unfolded. My third experience of the 90 Margaux. While I still do not believe it is on a similar level or better than the 90 Montrose, my faith has incrementally increased. Time is your friend.
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King Julien wrote: 97 points
January 3, 2020 - Popped and poured into decanter. Similar to previous note except a bit weaker on both nose and palate. Complexity evolved over a couple hours and was amazing until gone.
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dcwino wrote: 98 points
December 16, 2019 - A small impromptu dinner - 08 Champagne and Chateau Margaux (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Youthful expressive nose displaying intense ripe black fruit, crème de cassis dominates, blueberry concentrate, stewed blackberry, a hint of licorice, lavender, dark caramel, lavender and earth. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of decadent concentrated black fruit, silky and sensual, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, nicely resolved tannins and a long intense black fruit driven finish with caramel and rose at the end. The silky palate is to die for. I have consistently rated the 90 Margaux perfect until 2017. It has become slightly softer and not as intense and expressive. Nevertheless, it is an incredible wine with a long life ahead.
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ZMAng Likes this wine: 93 points
December 8, 2019 - Sampler. Expressive nose, earthy, dark fruit, green notes, light iron. Similar on the palate, smooth, tart black fruit, good balance and structure. Long finish. 93-94. Expected more given scores.
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By Jancis Robinson
4/21/2016 (link)(Ch Margaux Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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7/11/2015 (link)(Ch Margaux Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report(Château Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
The Cardinal, 9/15/2011(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/15/2010 (link)(Ch Margaux Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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From the East, 9/16/2010(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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Hong Kong Killers, 2/5/2010(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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Hong Kong Killers November, 2/5/2010(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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March 2008, Issue #19 (link)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/16/2007 (link)(Ch Margaux Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
A Mega 1990 Bordeaux Tasting with Clive, 3/21/2005(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
A Double Dose of Angry Man Action, 3/7/2005(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
Hanging with Mr. Parker and Mr. Squires in Baltimore and D.C, 2/21/2005(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
The 2002 Romanee Contis and a Mt. Sinai Hospital Charity Event, 2/13/2005(Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
The European Grand Jury, Vegas Style, 1/16/2005(Chateau Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)(Chateau Margaux Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
6/28/2002 (link)(Ch Margaux Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993), 11/1/1993 (link)(Margaux Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
7/21/2007 (link) 95 points(Château Margaux) Lovely cassis and spice nose; tasty, cassis, mint and leather palate with depth; long finish 95+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
11/30/2006 (link) 99 points(Château Margaux) Gorgeous mushroom, sauteed portabello and dark cherry nose; gorgeous, perfect, sweet and elegant fruit; long finish
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By Richard Jennings
1/16/2004 (link) 100 points(Château Margaux) Very, very tasty, cherries jubilee and violets nose; gorgeous body, cherries jubilee, violets; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1990
- Type Red
- Producer Château Margaux
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Margaux
- UPC Codes 002134000093, 011986100000, 041333214016, 400002623786, 607921009039
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 86 (1%)
- In Cellars 6,852 (75%)
- Consumed 2,141 (24%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 63 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Margaux
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationMargaux
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