Durfort Vivens - Margaux 2019 (750ml)
Price: $99.00
Sale Price: $79.00
| Producer | Durfort Vivens |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 1005823 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The 2019 Dufort Vivens is a brilliant Margaux unwinding in the glass with aromas of blackberries licorice sweet soil tones spices and rose petals. Full-bodied deep and concentrated with a fleshy core of fruit rich powdery tannins and a lively spine of acidity it concludes with a long and penetrating finish. The blend is dominated by fully 92% Cabernet Sauvignon which lends the wine immense nobility. Anyone who isn?t aware of just how good Gonzague Lurton?s wines are these days should taste a bottle. The 62-hectare estate of which some 55 hectares are planted has been directed by Gonzague Lurton since 1992 and farmed biodynamically since 2013. Soils are quaternary gravels with a rather low percentage of clay when compared with the likes of Châteaux Margaux and Palmer and Cabernet Sauvignon dominates the blend delivering wines of perfume intensity and concentration. Lurton finds that physiological maturity and analytical maturity are much more synchronized with the new farming methods even if in a vintage such as 2018 he's suffered producing a mere 6000 bottles. Recent vintages have certainly been on a qualitative roll and today Durfort Vivens unquestionably lives up to its 1855 second growth status. Given the quality of the brilliant 2019 prices remain decidedly reasonable and readers should take notice.
Wine Enthusiast: 95-97 Points
Barrel Sample. Maturing in two-thirds barrels and one-third amphorae this wine is already beautiful. Made from 90% Cabernet Sauvignon it shows a fine balance between dense tannins and elegant ripe black fruit. The promise for this biodynamic wine is immense and certainly long-term.
James Suckling: 95 Points
Aromas of fresh blueberries currants crushed raspberries tobacco leaves lemon zest cocoa and oyster shells. It?s medium-bodied with fine precise tannins. Supple and silky with excellent freshness. One third aged in terracotta amphora. 90% cabernet sauvignon and 10% merlot. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Try from 2025.
vVinous: 91-94 Points
The 2019 Durfort-Vivens is a polished sophisticated wine. Inky dark fruit grilled herbs lavender pine and spice notes and a range of strong savory Cabernet inflections are some of the signatures. Overall the 2019 is a wine built more on energy and persistence rather than on overt textural depth as was the case in the 2018. Today the 2019 feels a bit light. It will be interesting to see if it fills out more during élevage. The 2019 was fermented in a combination of vat and amphora and is aging 2/3rds in new oak and 1/3rd in amphora.
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