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2008 Margaux (750ml OWC)
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QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 48
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ONLY AVAILABLE IN 12 BOTTLE ORIGINAL WOOD CASE, PRICE ABOVE IS PER BOTTLE
Vintage: 2008
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Margaux
Vineyard:
Designation: 1er Cru Classe
Appellation: Margaux
Producer: Chateau Margaux
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Medoc
Tasting note: Deep ruby. Complex nose melds blackberry, minerals, bitter chocolate, graphite and violet. Suave and deep on entry, then fresh and alive in the middle palate, with compelling sweetness and intensity to the black cherry, smoky mineral and tobacco flavors. The smooth finish is long, intense and irresistible. At once serious and sexy. (93+?pts. IA, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar)
Tasted: July 2011
Score: 93+?
Drink: N/A
Tasting note: This is a stunning Chateau Margaux, made in a sexy, up-front, elegant style, with deep creme de cassis fruit intermixed with spring flowers, a solid inner core of richness and depth, but again, very sweet tannins as well as striking minerality and elegance. One of the most seductive Chateau Margauxs given its recent bottling, this blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and the rest tiny quantities of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot should drink beautifully for the next 25-30 years. Remarkably, a mere 36% of the entire production was selected for the 2008 Chateau Margaux (94pts. Robert Parker)
Tasted: May 2011
Score: 94
Drink: 2011-41
Tasting note: A tangy style, with lots of grilled herb, dried bay leaf and damson plum notes laced with extra roasted cedar and mesquite on the finish. Opens slowly, very slowly, to show more layers of flesh, mulled cherry and spice, with a lingering sanguine note developing on the finish. Needs patience. Best from 2013 through 2019 (91pts. JM, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Apr. 30, 2011
Score: 91
Drink: 2013-19
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