PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988
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1988

PAVILLON ROUGE du Château Margaux 1988

Wine 1988 Second wine Bordeaux Margaux

Pavillon Rouge is the second wine of Château Margaux. It comes from the same vineyards and benefits from the estate's expertise. Pavillon Rouge is made from lots that are not selected for the grand vin, generally from vines that are still too young. It offers a more accessible expression of Château Margaux's style. More supple and fruity in its youth, it allows one to discover the finesse and elegance of this prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé.

Tasting notes: Pavillon Rouge 1988 has a classic balance, with a fine tannic structure and a lot of elegance. Bottle aging has given it the smoothness it lacked in its youth. It is ready to drink now and we probably cannot expect it to improve much more

Grape variety/Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon (~75%), Merlot (~20%), Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot (~5%) (variations may occur from one vintage to another)

Ageing: 18 to 24 months in new oak barrels

Maturity: Old wine

Food and Wine Pairing: Grilled red or white meat, Suckling lamb, Cep mushrooms, Hard cheeses

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Cellar Tracker January - 2015
Cellar Tracker
The wine pours a ruby, tawny colour with very long legs. Surprisingly for a wine this age, there is minimal bricking at the edges. The first thing that comes to mind is the concentration of the bouquet. On the nose is a focused, powerful yet elegant melange of soy sauce, floral notes, strawberries, truffles and burnished leather and sous bois. Great extraction. On the palate, the wine is unctuous and thick with a mineral backbone. The sharpness of alcohol and rustic tannins are still there. Definitely old school Bordeaux style. Flavours of soy sauce, preserved plums, kirsch, mint, blackberries and mushrooms come to the fore. Finish is of medium length, lasting around twenty seconds or so. The ending is quite complex with a tad of fat.
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Jean-Marc Quarin October - 1995
Jean-Marc Quarin
Red. Dark. Medium intensity. Evolved. Clean. Medium intensity. Quite fine. Fruity and floral. Slightly vegetal touch. Soft attack, developing on a structure with a straight form and fine mouthfeel. The evolution is smooth in the mid-palate then stiffens in the finish, on austere tannins even if they are aromatic. Good persistence. This wine can be tasted, but will keep further. The tannin will undoubtedly always lack the coating of better accomplished maturity and will retain a slight dryness.
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Vintage Wine  1988
Classification Bordeaux - Second wine
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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