Margaux

A juicy and flavorful second wine with chocolate, earth, walnut and meat aromas and flavors. Some tar. Medium body with creamy tannins and a juicy finish. Hints of coffee. A blend of 26% cabernet sauvignon, 31% merlot, 2...(read more)

A firm favourite in the L&S camp. This year production is sadly down by about 40%, a great shame as the wine really is superb. Some of the losses were immediate (the frost killed off an entire Merlot vineyard in Sous...(read more)

60% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Carménère. While some Margaux properties suffered in the heat, the clay-gravel soils of Brane-Cantenac retained just enough water to keep the vines...(read more)

Pretty nose. You want to dive into the lovely red fruit. Some good detailed layers of pretty fruit, a fragrant lift of good red berries and flowers too - but there is a smooth feel. A very silky sexy flow. Nice weight -...(read more)

Fruit is the dominant note. Close-textured and cool and fresh youthful purple flavours to the fore. Tannins solidly gripping and blackly pure. Big and long.

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot. Very creamy smooth emulsion feel, good and ripe, with quite expressive high-toned red fruit as well as blacker depth. A creamy richness as well as real elegance - well done.

75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot. With Durfort Vivens and Margaux, Ferrière has the highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in Margaux, so it is no scented wallflower. Big and dark, with great purity of fruit,...(read more)

The second wine of Margaux classed growth Château du Tertre is rich while also stylish. Its generous tannins are balanced by juicy black currant fruits and smoky acidity. Drink this wine from 2023.

53% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carménère. Sadly around 25% of the crop was lost to frost with the worst damage on the plots behind the park. An enormous amount of work went on in...(read more)

Market Insight: Château d'Issan had their best scores yet in 2019 and their wine still seems generally underpriced. In 2020, if we hope for the scame score, I think we can only allow for the same price, or even a b...(read more)