Château Margaux

Château Margaux, 1er Cru Classé, Margaux, 2016

Name: Château Margaux, 1er Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Margaux
Price: 2781.53 GBP

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2016
6x75cl
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£2,781.53

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Following the 2015 Margaux was always going to be a big ask, but the 2016 more than copes with the pressure. The technical team decided to shorten the macerations as the skins were so thick and full of colour. Crafted from 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot and representing just 26% of the harvest - this is so fragrant already. Beautifully floral, touches of sandalwood, wonderful mineralité and sumptuous fruits: pure bilberry, lavish cassis and raspberry. This is so ethereal; a Margaux with exceptional poise and elegance. This isn't as sumptuous as the magnificent 2015, the fruit is more tightly coiled and reserved, but no less impressive. There is such purity and finesse combined with tension. The palate keeps revealing new nuances - a truly multidimensional Margaux that keeps teasing and enticing the taste buds. As one would expect from a great Margaux, there is pure Cabernet fragrance, impeccable purity, graceful power and no hint of heaviness - such fine detail. Masterful!

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.