Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux
    Château Margaux

    Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, 2022

    94/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    The Wine Independent
    91-93/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
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    1. Last Few

      2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £1,099.22

    2. Last Few

      2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £1,099.22

    En primeur
    1. 2022

      3x75cl

      EP

      £450.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Aurélien explained that although a very hot vintage, they were surprised by a pH of 3.6, a figure they would associate with a cool growing season. Made from a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot and representing 32% of the crop, the Pavillon Rouge 2022 opens with a glorious bouquet of flowers and vivid fruits. Dense and compact on the palate, vibrant and alive, texturally this is so silky with long, refined tannins displaying suggestions of graphite and cassis on the finish. A beautiful Pavillon Rouge, which carries the family crest. Alas, yields are just 25 hl/ha.

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    Critic Reviews

    91-93/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Pavillon Rouge, which represents 32% of the production this year, has a highly perfumed nose with wilted violets chaperoning the copious black fruit. Wonderful definition. The palate is medium-bodied with fine boned tannins. Silky smooth and sensual, with a mineral-driven finish, this sashays along in style. One of the few 2022's whose barrel sample is so seductive I could have eloped with it there and then. 14.8% alcohol.
    drinking window 2026 - 2048
    date of review 05/2023
    93-95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2022 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux is made from 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs quite a lot of swirling to bring out notes of blackcurrant pastilles, Morello cherries, and preserved plums, followed by hints of dusty soil, cumin seed, and garrigue. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers commendable grace and backbone, with firm grainy tannins and well-knit freshness supporting the muscular black fruits, finishing with a fragrant lift. pH 3.65, TPI 85, alcohol 14.8% - but you don't feel it.
    drinking window 2027 - 2049
    date of review 05/2023
    94/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Glass-staining inky purple, fleshy damson and cassis fruits with spice and concentration. Captures the spirit of the vintage with plush damson fruits, edges of sweet spices and gunsmoke, but keeps the understated pleasure that Margaux specialises in, with soft peony aromatics. High Petit Verdot in this blend because using the 2% that normally goes into the first wine but is kept out in 2022. No pumping over, with director Philippe Bascaules making the choice to let extraction happen gently, with minimal intervention. 32% of the crop in Pavillon, 25hl/h yield. 60% new oak (although this sample is 100%), and clear need to be cautious with oak during ageing.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Margaux
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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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.