CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996
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1996

CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 1996

Wine 1996 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Margaux

This year, flowering was very rapid, with an irregular summer, alternating between hot and cool periods. The harvest took place under the sun.
The 1996 vintage will finally give birth to a wine whose classicism and purity will make history. Indeed, Cabernet Sauvignons have very rarely achieved such perfection of style and such balance. Château Margaux 1996 reveals a certain harmony and purity of its fruit, with a density in texture. This is a dream Margaux which is very difficult to resist, but whose aging potential is immense.

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100 / 100 Rated by 9 experts

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100 / 100
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine June - 2018
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine
Mature Bordeaux red, strong colour. On the nose dark-fruited, smoky, bacon, immensely deep and expansive, becomes more floral with air, the senses rejoice, one wants to dive in, so much finesse already in the nose, a hit. On the attack juicy and fresh, concentrated, yet feather-light, here everything is in its place, a powerhouse on the high wire, a magnificent balance and complexity, does Bordeaux get any better? Now until 2040
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99 / 100
Jeannie Cho Lee June - 2017
Jeannie Cho Lee
I adore this vintage in Bordeaux, especially for Margaux. There is great depth, layers and power despite being delicate and floral. The paradox in this wine makes it infinitely fascinating. Perfect to enjoy now; should keep at least 25 years easily.
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99 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider December - 2023
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
This could hit triple digits in a few years. It continues filling out, gaining in complexity, richness, and texturally, additional layers of silk and velvet on the palate are the order of the day. This stunning wine is showing beautifully today, and while pricey, it is the best deal for a mature vintage of Chateau Margaux in the market today. Drink from 2023-2055.
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98 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate December - 2023
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
When I used to drink this wine as a student, it generally left me a bit cold, but several recent bottles of the 1996 Château Margaux lead me to think that I must have had bad luck with a poorly stored batch of bottles. Along with Haut-Brion, Margaux is the most forward of the 1996 first growths, offering up an expressive bouquet of creamy cassis fruit mingled with cigar wrapper, sweet spices, espresso roast and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, suave and fleshy, with melting tannins and a long, expansive finish, it's in a beautiful place today.
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95 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2000
Tom Cannavan
Intense, dark, purple/black with a hint of light at rim. Beautifully sweet and concentrated, powerful nose with aromas of ripe cherry, blackcurrant and vanilla. It is rich and cedary too with earthy flavours and little notes of incense and violets. The palate is ripe, full and concentrated with bags of cinnamon and clove spice, leather, tobacco and fine, ripe but grippy tannins. There are deep seams of fruit in this wine and wonderful balance and complexity finishing long and mellowed by toasty vanillin oak. A great wine and built for development - I know where my £160 would go between this and the previous wine.
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94 / 100
Falstaff January - 2003
Falstaff
Fleshy ruby; beautiful, playful nose, some leather, very compact; on the palate very elegant, somewhat mineral, fine and balanced, firm pressure in the finale.
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19 / 20
Autre December - 2018
Autre
Grandes Escolhas : Includes around 90% Cabernet Sauvignon. Lots of aromatic class, concentrated, with abundant notes of black fruits and dark chocolate, blueberries, all rich and without straying from the Bordeaux classicism that made it famous. Perfect in the mouth, with a huge future ahead, filigree tannins, with rare and perfect overall elegance.
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97 / 100
Wine Spectator March - 2007
Wine Spectator
Cool and racy on the nose, with mineral, currant, black liquorice and plum. Full-bodied, with a silky, seductive, exciting palate of ultrafine tannins and a long, long caressing finish. Structured and refined. Fabulous. Gets better and better.
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Jancis Robinson February - 2011
Jancis Robinson
Dark crimson. Very fine, together and fragrant. Sweet and very Margaux – super charming. Already quite evolved for a first growth! Lovely polish. Though you would need to distract from the fine tannins there in abundance on the finish. Very fresh. No shortage of acidity. A little fragile and spiky.
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Vintage Wine  1996
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Margaux
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Margaux
Château Margaux
Château Margaux

Château Margaux is one of the most prestigious estates of the Margaux appellation and a major historical figure of Bordeaux excellence. Classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé in the official 1855 classification, the château draws on a terroir of fine, deep gravels that encourages the expression of a wine of rare elegance and great aromatic complexity.

The Grand Vin de Château Margaux has been recognised since the 17th century as one of the most accomplished expressions of the Bordeaux vineyard. It owes its qualities to the combination of an exceptional terroir, demanding viticulture and a winemaking approach oriented towards precision and balance. The finesse of the tannins, the aromatic depth, the freshness and the length on the palate are the constant hallmarks of the Margaux style.

The great vintages punctuate its history, from the 1953 wine, then the 1982 vintage to the 1990 and the 2000 vintage, through to the 2015, regarded as one of the estate's recent pinnacles. Le Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, the second wine, offers a more immediate interpretation. They illustrate the estate's ability to produce wines of great complexity, capable of evolving harmoniously over several decades, whilst retaining a remarkable clarity of their terroir.

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