Chateau Margaux - Margaux 2021 (Futures) (750ml)
Price: $555.00
| Producer | Chateau Margaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 1005873 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 97-98 Points
18 May 2022 ? A Margaux with beautiful depth and grace and wonderfully well-placed refined tannins showing presence and a soft texture. They caress your palate. Full-bodied yet tight and extremely long. Seamless. 87% cabernet franc 8% merlot 3% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot.
The Wine Independent: 95-97 Points
The 2021 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon 8% Merlot 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color it is a little closed and broody to start with notions of tar licorice fertile loam and truffles leading to a core of fresh blackcurrants juicy blackberries and black raspberries plus a touch of iron ore. Medium-bodied the palate has wonderful intensity with a firm fine-grained texture and plenty of freshness to support the tightly knit black and red berry flavors finishing with loads of energy and shimmer. The first wine represents 36% of the crop this year and it came in with a phenolic index (IPT) of 75.
Vinous: 95-97 Points
The 2021 Château Margaux is a powerful surprisingly
Jane Anson: 95 Points
Vivid fruit raspberries and bilberries cassis bud saffron and graphite full of energy and classicism showcasing what can be achieved in the vintage. Harvest through to October 14. 36% of the overall production. 3.64ph Tannic index of 73 the same level as in 2019 and a litttle less than 2018 and 2020. Philippe Bascaules director Eric Boissenot consultant.
twiWine Advocate: 95+ Points
The 2021 Château Margaux saw a traditional élevage in new barrels with bottling in July and as readers will remember it's a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon 8% Merlot 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot that benefited from late picking appreciable percentages of saignée and a strict selection. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis blueberries and raspberries mingled with hints of licorice white flowers and charcoal it's medium to full-bodied deep and layered with a broad attack lively purity and sweet structuring tannins concluding with a long penetrating finish. It's a classic that will richly reward bottle age. Château Margaux has turned out a brilliant performance. A challenging growing season which saw Margaux touched by spring frost and end-of-season rot delivered a heterogenous crop but the estate can afford both to take risks (harvesting reds between September 24 and October 13) and select rigorously. Philippe Bascaules opted to saignée his tanks to concentrate the musts especially the Merlots and then vinified gently. "After a saignée you really have to ease off on extraction if you don't want to overdo it" he explained. But the concentration of the ensuing wines took him aback exhibiting analytically similar levels of tannins to the superb 2019s. Margaux always producers fresh vibrant wines so pHs are similar to was was attained in other recent vintages; what's different however are alcohol levels around 1% lower than 2018 2019 or 2020. As the accompanying tasting notes attest the grand vin itself and Pavillon Blanc both number among the wines of the vintage in red and in white. Published: Feb 08 2024
