Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 97
The 2021 Chateau Margaux is clearly one of the finest wines of the vintage. Offering up a deep bouquet of raspberries, wild blueberries and plums mingled with sweet spices, violets, licorice and hints of cigar box, it’s full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with terrific depth at the core and beautifully refined, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, floral finish. Combining the vibrant flavors and moderate alcohol (13.1%) of a vintage of the last century with all the precision of the present in extraction and elevage, it is a timeless classic; and lest that be mistaken for a euphemism for a lack of concentration, note that the wine is analytically as high in polyphenols as the brilliant 2019. Representing only 36% of the estate’s production, the 2021 is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.
Jean-Marc Quarin 96
Couleur sombre, intense, belle et pourpre. Nez tres aromatique, fin, fruite, pur, devenant tres floral a l’agitation. Minutieux en entree de bouche, particulierement aromatique au milieu, avec du corps, un toucher soyeux et un port fondant, le vin nous offre une fois de plus son inenarrable enveloppe tannique nuancee et subtile, celle qui laisse venir les aromes derriere elle en finale. C’est superbe. Assemblage : 87 % cabernet sauvignon, 8 % merlot, 3 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot. Degre d’alcool : 13 1 – pH : 3,64. Les merlots ont ete saignes a 20 % , les cabernets autour de 15 %. Rendement : 36 hl/ha.
Anticipated maturity: 2032-2058
