Château Marquis-d'Alesme-Becker - Margaux 2020 (750ml)
Price: $52.00
| Producer | Château Marquis-d'Alesme-Becker |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1005749 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jane Anson: 96 Points
Vinous Media: 94 Points
Vinous: 94 Points
4The 2020 Marquis d'Alesme is matured in 50% new oak and was bottled a little later than other châteaux. It has a crisp bouquet with redcurrant white-tipped strawberry cedar and crushed violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine and quite saturated tannins mainly black fruit tinged with spice smooth in texture with a touch of piquancy towards the finish. It is persiste
Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points
The 2020 Château Marquis D'Alesme Becker showed well and this tiny Margaux estate continues to producer fabulous wines under the helm of Marjolaine de Coninck. Based on 63% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Cabernet Franc it has a juicy medium-bodied round even sexy style that carries lots of cassis and assorted darker blue fruits notes of spicy wood flowers and violet soft tannins terrific balance and great finish. Coming from a mix of gravelly sandy soils and aged in 50% new French oak this beauty hit 14% natural alcohol (no doubt helped by the large Merlot component) and is going to benefit from just a few years of bottle age. It's going to see its 20th birthday in fine form.
Decanter: 93 Points
Juicy and upfront this is deep and rich with a dominant aspect of liquorice salty stones dark chocolate and cola giving this a bit of a savoury and heady aspect with the fruit in the background slightly. Excellent weight on the palate I like the firm structure and the integrated tannins. Serious and confident I love the energy and the texture it?s just a great density in the mouth not too thick but the concentration matched by the acidity and the freshness is great. Juicy and balanced. Quite tannic overall but lovely life and lift at the end. Well worked. (Drink between 2026-2038)
Wine Spectator: 93 Points
Solidly built with a singed sandalwood and alder frame holding a core of dark plum and warmed cassis together while light charcoal bay leaf and earth details emerge on the finish. A strong showing. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2026 through 2036.
The Wine Independent: 93 Points
Deep garnet-purple colored the 2020 Marquis d'Alesme opens with vibrant notes of crushed black currants Morello cherries and mulberries plus wafts of violets star anise and forest floor. Medium-bodied the palate is both elegant and intense with velvety tannins and compelling tension finishing long and perfumed.
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