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Manage Subscriptions1983 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Margaux
Community Tasting Notes 17
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The Wine Monkeys wrote:
December 23, 2023 - Meh. No fruit, some secondary and acidity. Mostly dead. They say there’s no good old wines, just good old bottles, this wasn’t one of them.
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NewFrenchClaret Likes this wine: 92 points
March 4, 2023 - Pavillon Rouge is a wine that has always impressed me. I've tasted the fabulous 2010, and a very impressive 1990, and now this 1983 which is almost as good.
This has a glorious fresh and complex nose, but there's not a whole lot of fruit to be found. Lacking the floral element of a great Margaux, but does have the meaty flavors. Delicious taste, and very nicely structured. Very dry, particularly by today's standards, and definitely a food wine.
The Grand Vin in 1983 can be a magical wine; this Pavillon Rouge has lots of the same qualities, but lacks that ethereal quality of its bigger sister. Definitely a lovely wine if you view it on its own merits. For a similar price though I'd rather have the d'Issan of the same year. -
rhonecoldkiller wrote:
October 26, 2022 - It took 8 hours in the decanter before the oxidation nose and taste subsided and were replaced with dried herbs.
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Sacramento Geezer Likes this wine: 90 points
October 16, 2021 - Opened in AM and double decanted one hour before dinner. Not much bouquet but delicious with nicely tart acidity. Tannins resolved. Still a pleasant, sophisticated, elegant Margaux with at least a few years good to go for any unopened bottles out there. This was pristine buy from Fine Wines International from a Bordeaux negociant. Fill not noticeably reduced and not recorked, teased it out in two pieces with no crumbling.
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G_H wrote: 93 points
August 25, 2020 - Dried bread, sweet bell peppers, swiss beef seasoning (Streu-Mi), warm, fills the whole palate but remains elegant. Stunning for a second wine!
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2013, Issue #47, The 1983 Bordeaux Vintage: Superb Quality Forever in the Long Shadow of 1982(Pavillon Rouge de Margaux) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1983
- 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
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 120 (55%)
- Consumed 97 (45%)
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