1998 Château Margaux

Community Tasting Notes (139) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  4/14/2024 - ONEFIVE Likes this wine:

  Nose is aged but holding up well.
  Mostly red fruit with some tart black fruit, earthy wet soil mushroom and crushed rock in the background.
  Med body, med acid, med tannin.
  Powerful and dense. Don’t know this will relax to get to where it is epic. Tension and this age is iffy.
  Try again in 2-3 years.

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  4/3/2024 - wineton.mee wrote: 93 Points

  Second time trying this since Jan to very similar notes as the first. An open nose, but rather middle of the pack amongst the various vintages of Margaux. Elegant red fruit, tobacco, graphite and touch of bricking to the rims. A decent bottle if enjoyed on its own, but it will no doubt pale in comparison versus the better years. Drink up now while they are still good.

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  1/4/2024 - wineton.mee wrote: 93 Points

  98 Margaux has everything in moderation with nothing standing out. A very average Margaux but well made in the greater context of the region and vintage. Cassis, black cherry, violets, green bell pepper and some rustic woody edges to it. Should continue to develop well with time.

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  12/25/2023 - Skymech wrote: 95 Points

  Wonderful aged Bordeaux. Nose was primarily nail polish and soil, in the best possible way. Palate is similar, add some leather and dried red fruits. Still a lot of acid. Started to get out of balance after an hour and a half. The nose was completely heroic and this was a great experience.

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  11/6/2023 - wxs2102 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  @ Manhatta NYC, perfect mid-neck fill. Somm recommended not decanting and was probably right, this was a bit herbaceous out the bottle but with 10-20 mins of air in glass smoothed out, and continued to evolve into more a velvety finesse through the night. Definitely an iron fist in a velvet glove but the fist will probably turn soft in another few years, so probably worth drinking up within the next 1-3 years. Got 2 bottles left to work through.

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