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Chateau Margaux 2001
- Producer Chateau Margaux
- Blend 100% Red Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Margaux
- UPC 0 15643 74020 6
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Item# 1709-01
Wine Advocate
93pt
Wine Spectator
92pt
Vintage 2001
The 2001 Chateau Margaux clearly confirms its status as a very fine vintage.
It can be likened to the 99, both by its great aromatic finesse and its tannic
texture, which is so tender and harmonious. What more can we find to say about
the sheer pleasure we are already experiencing, drinking these 2 wines? We
are convinced that this early developing of the wine, simply the result of
perfect ripeness in the grapes, will bring us many years of drinking pleasure.
We can therefore drink the 2001 quite early and enjoy the freshness and
purity of the fruit (why resist the temptation?), or for those of us who
prefer to wait, it can be laid down 15 to 20 years, to allow the finesse of
the bouquet to develop as the wine matures. While many aspects of the wine
will develop, its balance, though, will remain. (February 2011)
Weather Conditions
After a very rainy winter, the flowering went quickly and evenly.
During the entire summer, there were unusually alternate periods
of hot and cool, dry and wet weather, which encouraged vegetation
growth and slowed ripening. We harvested eight days behind schedule
but in fine weather. (The picking began on 1st October)
