Margaux wine
Margaux, a wine from Bordeaux France Vineyards
Margaux AOC is a red wine appellation d’origine, that encompasses the village and the neighbouring villages of Arsac, Labarde, Soussans and Cantenac, and is the most southerly of Médoc’s appellations.
The 1855 classification contained more wines from Margaux than from any other appellation, and its best-known vineyard, Château Margaux, was one of only four wines to be awarded the Premier Cru status.
Grapes are : Cabernet franc, Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère, Malbec and Petit verdot. No proportion is mandatory, but Cabernet sauvignon often dominates, and sometimes Merlot ; the other grapes are marginal.
Margaux wines are called feminine because of the etymology (Margaux is a feminine forename), the voluptuous generosity of their tannic structure and their delicacy ; they are fruity (red fruit) in their young age, becoming more complex when they get older.
These wines fit very well with red meat, game (duck, partridge) and the famous ’entrecôte à la bordelaise’.
Production sites : Cantenac, Labarde, Soussans
Montagne Saint-Emilion
,
Graves
,
Pomerol
,
Lussac-Saint-Emilion
,
Haut Medoc
,
Médoc
,
Cadillac
,
Côtes de Bourg
,
Bordeaux Supérieur
,
Lalande de Pomerol
,
Graves de Vayres
,
Bordeaux Clairet
,
Bordeaux Rosé
,
Cremant de Bordeaux
,
Pessac-Léognan
,
Barsac
,
Blayes
,
Entre-deux-Mers
,
Pauillac
|
| Margaux: Wine Blogs News Press Review |
|
|
Perhaps because they have only been on a hot streak for a few years, (since 2000) for a Bordeaux wine of this quality, they remain fairly priced. This wine is no shrinking violet. It is thick, rich, pure and aromatic. The tannins are soft and the texture is elegant. Share and Enjoy • (...) [Wine Cellar Insider] 12.01.2012 Received the "New Arrivals" email from K&L Wine Merchants this morning. If I had the budget, I'd go in for a bottle or two. By far my favorite First Growth producer while visiting Bordeaux last spring. Ahhh, what a thrilling time! Here's the blurb about their Chateau Margaux "new arrival". (...) [TexaCali Wine Trail] 08.11.2011 2011 Bordeaux has a high level of color and tannin. We need to retain the richness to create a fleshy, well balanced wine. Along with a slow, cooler extraction, we’ll also modify our barrel ageing program to help reach this target. [Wine Cellar Insider] 26.10.2011 "We were stressed because of a variable Bordeaux climate until almost the end of August. And now we are happy because of the nice back season we had until the end of the 2011 Bordeaux harvest!" [Wine Cellar Insider] 06.10.2011 “It depends more on the weather, than on the early harvest. That said, when a vintage is very early, it means that the maturation period is warmer (August vs September) which is good for phenolic ripeness”. [Wine Cellar Insider] 20.09.2011 The wines being made today at Chateau Giscours by Jelgersma team, headed by Alexander van Beek and consultant Denis Dubourdieu, are the best wines they have produced in the history of the Bordeaux chateau! [Wine Cellar Insider] 05.08.2011 It's going to be difficult for wine lovers to pick a favorite between the more structured and powerful 2010, versus the exotic, opulent stylings of the sublime 2009. That is going to be a fun duo of Margaux wines to compare over the next several (...) [Wine Cellar Insider] 21.07.2011 Starting with 2004, the first vintage produced with the efforts of Thomas Duroux, Palmer has shown a tremendous level of consistency. 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are all superb Bordeaux wines. [Wine Cellar Insider] 20.07.2011 The estate continues their interest in bottling wines in screw caps. Screw capped bottles of Chateau Margaux or Pavillon rouge are not commercially available. Aware of the problem that far too many wines are ruined by faulty corks, they have been experimenting with this since (...) [Wine Cellar Insider] 19.07.2011 Picking fruit with higher degrees of ripeness is one the key reasons for the improvements. Technical advancements have also helped. Starting with the 2010 vintage, the estate began employing the Air Tec Wine system, Viniclean and the Vistalys optical sorting (...) [Wine Cellar Insider] 13.07.2011
|
|
|
|
