CHÂTEAU MARGAUX
2024 1er Cru Classé
| Grapes | Cab Franc, Merlot, Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Margaux |
| Classification | 1er Cru Classé |
| ABV | 13% |
93 Cabernet Sauvignon, 5 Merlot, 1 Petit Verdot, 1 Cabernet Franc: 12.8% alc: 30 hl/ha: Harvested between 23 and 29 September with a reduced team and again between 30 September and 8 October with all pickers mobilised: this wine represents 46% of the harvest It was a challenging vintage at Margaux, with high levels of mildew, and the Merlot vines on clay soils were severely affected. The yields in some plots were as low as 8 hl/ha, and yet, by contrast, some of the Cabernet, on gravel soils, were up around the 50 hl/ha mark! Some of these Cabernet plots were ready for harvest surprisingly early, and this explains why Margaux produced more Grand Vin than expected. Another point of interest is the inclusion of Cabernet Franc in the blend. Margaux planted more Cabernet Franc 15 years ago, and it stepped up to the mark in 2024. Margaux MD Philippe Bascaules thinks this grape will play a more and more pivotal part in Margaux’s makeup in years to come. The Grand Vin is slightly riper than the Pavillon selection, and it certainly has more pronounced tannins and better integration. Philippe feels that “Softer and denser is the aim”. There is a beautiful level of concentration and finesse here, coupled with balletic poise, and the tannins are gossamer-smooth, pristinely clean, and invigorating. If you love refined, silky, concentrated wines with little bulk or overt muscle, this wine will be at the top of the tree in this vintage. For my part, I awarded this wine a 19+ in my notes until the very last moment of my tasting. Revisiting for one last sip, I bumped this wine up one-half of a point because the freshness on the finish and the astoundingly pure tannins make this a rare and magical wine with a true medium-weight chassis and thrilling refinement. Rating: 19.5+ Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (May 2025)
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Such a floral wine, aromatics that really take hold and grip on through the palate, raspberry, black cherry, edges of rosebud, chalk, white tea, crayon, chalk, iris, has real precision, and a slow-burn unspooling of flavours, salted cracker salinity on the finish. 46% of the overall production is in Château Margaux, 30hl/ha yield after sorting through the year as needed. Harvest September 23 to October 8. Philippe Bascaules director, 3.62ph. Excellent quality, one of the wines of the vintage, with a slightly earlier starting date for drinking than usual, eight years following harvest. Drinking range: 2032 - 2050 Rating: 96 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2025)
Really impressive depth, concentration and perfume this year, with fine tannins. Lots of violets, red flowers, black cherries and currants. Full-bodied and seriously structured, with impeccable freshness and a very long finish. Dense and powerful for the vintage, with tension, vibrations, good concentration and a tannin framework. 93% cabernet sauvignon, 5% merlot, 1% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. Rating: 97-98 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2025)
Representing 46% of the total crop (a little higher than recent years due to higher yields in the best Cabernet blocks), the 2024 Château Margaux contains slightly less Merlot (5%). It has a sophisticated bouquet in the context of the growing season, with black fruit, pressed violet and hints of pencil box that almost lend a Pauillac-like allure. Very fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and modest depth. This is clearly a leaner Château Margaux compared to, say, the 2020 or 2022, but it is razor-sharp with superb tension and mineralité. Unapologetically classic in style with modest length, this noble First Growth will benefit from four to five years in bottle. Drinking range: 2030 - 2055 Rating: 94-96 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (May 2025)
Château Margaux
1855 classification - Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux, originally La Mothe de Margaux, has a long history dating back to at least the 12th Century. By the 17th Century, Margaux was widely recognised for the quality of their wines - in 1771 Château Margaux was the first wine sold by Christies, and Thomas Jefferson bought some Margaux when he was Ambassador to France. The French Revolution was a turbulent time for Margaux but, by the turn of the 19th Century, the estate was in the hands of the Basque Marquis de la Colonilla who's singular contribution was to build the château that we see today. Margaux's reputation was recognised by the 1855 classification which placed it among the elite group of Premier Grand Cru Classés. By the 1960's, however, Margaux was trading as much on reputation as anything else and a run of poor vintages in the 1970's led Margaux to be sold. This was its salvation, for the purchaser was André Mentzelpoulos who, despite some rumblings of discontent locally at such a grand property falling into "foreign" hands, poured in investment, replanting the vineyards, building a new underground cellar and renovating the château. Also more than renovated was Margaux's reputation as one of Bordeaux's leading estates, a reputation it now richly deserves, still under the benevolent eye of the Mentzelpoulos family. After 43 years, Alexis, supported by his sister Alexandra, has taken over from his mother Corrine. Alexis state he is "firmly committed to continuing the family objective of making Château Margaux one of the greatest wines in the world." Château Margaux is a large estate, running to nearly 265ha, although under vine there are only 82ha. For red wines the vines are 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot with smaller plantings of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Wines are fermented and aged in barrels made at Margaux's own cooperage, the reds spending up to two years in wood. The second wine of the estate is Pavillon Rouge de Château Margaux which has been produced since the 19th Century, making it among the longest established of such wines. Château Margaux also produce a very successful white wine - Pavillon Blanc de Château Margaux - 100% Sauvignon Blanc, aged in wood for six months. This is classified as AOC Bordeaux as there is no appellation for white Margaux.
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