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Château Margaux, 1er Cru Classé, Margaux
Château Margaux

Château Margaux, 1er Cru Classé, Margaux, 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Hailing from the “heart of the terroir" and produced from 93% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the glorious Chateau Margaux 2024 is sure to appeal to the purists. This is just superb, there’s not a hair out of place, an immaculately turned-out example, which transcends the vintage with uncommon grace and fluidity. A typically expressive bouquet of flowers and wild herbs mingles with fine hedgerow fruits and graphite. The palate is super-refined with layers of minty cassis and detailed, fine minerals; there’s depth and texture without excessive weight, just pure, persistent flavours of sweet griotte, cedar and blood orange on the impeccably polished tannins. Splendid!

critic reviews

94-96/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. After a little swirling, notes of fresh blackberries, red currants, and mulberries slowly emerge from the glass, plus nuances of pencil shavings, wild thyme, and crushed rocks. The light-bodied palate is tightly wound with mineral-spiked red and black berry flavors, framed by firm, very fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and earthy. Very pretty.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2049
date of review 05/2025
94-96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

Representing 46% of the total crop (a little higher than recent years due to higher yields in the best Cabernet blocks), the 2024 Château Margaux contains slightly less Merlot (5%). It has a sophisticated bouquet in the context of the growing season, with black fruit, pressed violet and hints of pencil box that almost lend a Pauillac-like allure. Very fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and modest depth. This is clearly a leaner Château Margaux compared to, say, the 2020 or 2022, but it is razor-sharp with superb tension and <em>mineralité</em>. Unapologetically classic in style with modest length, this noble First Growth will benefit from four to five years in bottle.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2055
date of review 05/2025
96/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Such a floral wine, aromatics that really take hold and grip on through the palate, raspberry, black cherry, edges of rosebud, chalk, white tea, crayon, chalk, iris, has real precision, and a slow-burn unspooling of flavours, salted cracker salinity on the finish. 46% of the overall production is in Château Margaux, 30hl/ha yield after sorting through the year as needed. Harvest September 23 to October 8. Philippe Bascaules director, 3.62ph. Excellent quality, one of the wines of the vintage, with a slightly earlier starting date for drinking than usual, eight years following harvest.

DRINKING WINDOW 2032 - 2050
date of review 04/2025
93-95/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Chateau Margaux has turned out beautifully, unfurling in the glass with notes of cassis, violets, cigar box and iris. Medium to full-bodied, deep and vibrant, with excellent density and concentration for the vintage, it's lively and layered, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. This is a serious, youthfully tightly wound blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc that attained 12.8% alcohol.

date of review 04/2025

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
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abv:
12.5%