Margaux - Margaux 1870 (Recorked in 1950s)

Margaux - Margaux 1870 (Recorked in 1950s)

rich fruit and high tannin

a giant of a wine that smashes your palate with sweet fruit and nearly tears it apart

Pale gold in colour

tension and good length

poached plum

spectacular and about the only nit is a discreet touch of backend warmth

smoke and scorched earth flavors

A much more floral-inflected nose is equally fresh and ripe with a broader range of spice elements adding breadth to the pretty red and blue pinot fruit aromas that are trimmed in noticeable if not invasive wood

Somewhat unusually at this early stage

There is more than enough freshness and verve to support many years of fine drinking

There is a driving minerality to the mouth coating and focused middle weight plus flavors that are ultra-vibrant

An intensely spicy and floral red berry and cassis-suffused nose merges seamlessly into impressively rich and full-bodied middle weight flavors that possess just a hint of minerality on the hugely long and palate staining finish