Chateau Margaux (1.5 Liter Futures Pre-Sale) 2020 Front Label

Chateau Margaux (1.5 Liter Futures Pre-Sale) 2020

Bordeaux Red Blends

JS100
WE100
RP99
D99
JD98

1500ML / 0% ABV

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2021

WE98
JS98
RP97
D97
V97
JD97

2019

WE100
RP100
JS100
JD100
D98
WS95

2018

JD100
JS100
RP100
WS98
WE98
V98
D98

2017

JS99
RP98
JD98
WE96
D96
WS95

2016

RP99
JS99
WE99
D98
WS97
JD97

2015

D100
JD100
WE100
JS100
RP99
WS99

2014

JS97
WE97
D95
WS95
RP95

2012

RP96
WE95
WS95
WW94

2011

WE95
JS94
WS94
RP93

2010

JS100
JD98
RP98
WS98
WE98

2009

D100
JS99
WE98
RP98
WS97

2008

WE96
RP94
WS91

2007

WE93
RP92

2006

RP95
WE95
W&S94
WS92

2005

WS100
WE98
RP98
W&S94
D92

2004

W&S96
WE96
WW95
RP94
WS94
JD93

2003

RP99
JS98
WS95

2002

WS95
RP93

2001

WE97
WS94
RP94
WW93

2000

JS100
D100
JD100
RP100
WS99
W&S98

1999

RP95
WS93

1998

W&S96
WS91
RP91

1997

WS90
RP90

1996

RP100
JD97
WS95

1995

WS97
RP95

1994

RP92
WS90

1993

WS90

1990

RP100
WS96

1989

WS99

1988

WS95
RP93
JS93

1986

RP98
WS98
JS90

1985

RP95
D95
WS93

1983

WS98
RP96

1982

D100
JD99
RP98
JS97
WS95

1981

WS95
RP91

1979

RP93
WS91

1978

WS92

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Winemaker Notes

The final blend is very similar to those of the most recent vintages. The Grand Vin represents 36% of the harvest. There is a perfect balance between the density and the fineness of its tannins. Several factors contributed to making this a superb wine: homogenous flowering, summer conditions that favored small berries and therefore concentrated wines, and excellent harvesting conditions. Only the yield was not as we had hoped. The fertility of the grape varieties was lower than in previous years, with 1.6 bunches per shoot, compared to 2 in 2019. The average yield on the estate was therefore 36 hl/ha.

Blend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc

Critical Acclaim

All Vintages

JS 100

James Suckling

So floral and perfumed with blackcurrants, blackberries and some asphalt. Full-bodied with super, fine tannins. Extremely refined with great length and intensity. The wonderful combination of refinement and power is already evident. Superb finish. Another great Margaux.
Barrel Sample: 99-100

WE 100

Wine Enthusiast

The fruit, with the acidity that is a hallmark of the year, gives black currant flavors from the nearly 90% Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. The tannins seem supple with a structure that leans into the fruit. It's a remarkably consistent wine, velvet while structured. Barrel Sample: 98–100

RP 99

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Displaying an opaque purple-black color, it needs a lot of air, time and patience to coax out the youthfully reticent nose of blueberry preserves, blackcurrant pastilles and Black Forest cake, followed by suggestions of lavender, clove oil, iron ore and menthol with wafts of star anise and candied violets. The medium to full-bodied palate is wonderfully opulent, featuring tightly wound yet beautifully pure layers of black fruits and earthy nuances within a solid structure of firm yet velvety tannins and exhilarating freshness, finishing with very long-lingering earth and mineral notes. Another stunning expression of the vintage by Philippe Bascaules and his team—bravo!
Barrel Sample: 97-99

D 99

Decanter

A brilliant Margaux; one that takes a sigh and then releases the huge floral, eucalyptus and crushed mint whoosh that comes in waves though the palate. You get the concentration of the vintage in an entirely positive light, with a suave softness to the tannins that makes it stand head and shoulders above many others. Plenty in common with the 1996 vintage - the knitted down tannins, the completeness, the juicy blackcurrant purity and acidity on the finish, and the certainty of long ageing. Real clarity of flavour. Alcohol level is lower than both the 2018 and 2019, but tannins and anthocyanins are at the same level as in 2018. 36% of overall harvest, and 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend.
Barrel Sample: 99

JD 98

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Château Margaux is a more concentrated, dense wine that has the vintage's massive dry extract paired with more moderate alcohol levels and building tannins. Blackcurrants, sandalwood, tobacco leaf, and graphite give way to a full-bodied, rich, powerful Château Margaux that's flawlessly balanced, has a stacked mid-palate, and a great finish. It's one for the ages, though, and don't expect much up-front appeal. It almost reminds me of the 1996, yet with slightly more density. It's a quintessential beauty that will be just about immortal.
Barrel Sample: 96-98

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Chateau Margaux Owner Corinne Mentzelopoulos Winery Image

Chateau Margaux, a Premier Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux, is one of the most famous wines in the world. Care has been lavished on the property by a line of owners with an abiding concern for the reputation of the estate.

For more than five hundred years, season after season, generations of vineyard-workers, grapeharvesters, cellar-workers, coopers and many other craftsmen have all played a part in making Chateau Margaux what it is today: a wine with an incomparable personality, reflected in the elegant Palladian building which adorns its label. In 1977, the estate was purchased by the late André Mentzelopoulos, and it is now run by his daughter, Corinne Mentzelopoulos.

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