Château Margaux - Margaux 2018 (750ml)
Price: $950.00
| Producer | Château Margaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1005662 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 99 Points
Love the floral character to the aromas of dark fruit such as blueberries and black cherries. Red and black licorice too. The full-bodied palate starts slowly and then expands with super polished searing tannins that lead you up the palate into a place of grandeur. Lightly chewy at the end. Such great purity and presence here. 6% cabernet sauvignon in the blend with franc and merlot. Try after 2028.
Vinous: 98+ Points
The 2018 Margaux is an infant. Today the tannins are unusually searing but then again the 2018 is a wine in which all the elements are dialed up to the maximum. Time in the glass releases the fruit revealing a luxurious opulent Château Margaux built for the cellar. Cedar tobacco dried flowers and mint develop with a bit of coaxing. Rich deep and utterly beguiling the 2018 is a dramatic wine that will thrill readers lucky enough to own it. (Drink between 2028-2058)
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
The 2018 Château Margaux is composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 4% Merlot 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot representing 36% of the crop this year. The wine has a pH of 3.8 and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color it slowly unfurls to reveal tantalizing scents of crème de cassis wild blueberries and Black Forest cake with hints of redcurrant jelly rose oil dark chocolate and cedar chest plus a touch of star anise. The medium to full-bodied palate bursts with opulent black fruit fragrant earth and floral layers supported by a rock-solid structure of exquisitely ripe finely grained tannins and seamless backbone of freshness finishing with fantastic length. This is classic Margaux at its most seductive although it is rather amazingly approachable and absolutely delicious right now. But to enjoy its full glory you will want to cellar it for at least 6-8 years and then watch it metamorphize over the next 40+ years.
Wine Enthusiast: 98 Points
While this wine reflects the richness and density of the vintage it also shows all the elegance of which a great Margaux is capable. The wine is powerful and beautifully structured both ripe and restrained. It will age magnificently. Start to think about drinking from 2028.
Wine Spectator: 98 Points
This struts along with supreme confidence as a cashmere-textured structure effortlessly carries a prodigious set of warmed cassis plum reduction and blackberry compote flavors along pulling in extra alder bergamot black and red tea and iron notes. Still manages to come across as restrained in the end. A really beautiful wine. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2028 through 2040. From France. ?J.M.
Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
Showing beautifully from barrel and now from bottle the 2018 Château Cheval Blanc is a final blend of 54% Merlot 40% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. It's a pure classic Cheval Blanc in that it relies more on complexity and elegance than power offering a beautiful perfume of red and blackcurrants spring flowers spice forest floor incense and tobacco. This carries to a medium to full-bodied Cheval Blanc offering wonderful purity of fruit a seamless layered texture incredible tannins and a lengthy fo
