Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com 18
Bright crimson. Great balance. Very Margaux. Very smooth already and this seems to be a lovely moment to drink this wine. Delightfully subtle. (JR)
Anticipated maturity: 2018-2035
Vinous 97
The 2009 Chateau Margaux is blessed with a stunning nose that delivers intense blackberry and cranberry scents, crushed rose petals and touches of slate. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin, taut and quite linear with an effortless and precise finish that is a pure joy. You have the sense of a Chateau Margaux that is only beginning to show what it can do. Brilliant. Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits’ Ten Year On tasting.
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2070
Robert Parker 98
The 2009 Chateau Margaux is deep garnet in color and features wonderfully fragrant minted cassis, lilacs, Black Forest cake and oolong tea scents with touches of pencil shavings and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied, it has a firm, grainy frame with lovely freshness lifting the perfumed fruit to a very long, mineral-laced finish.
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050
