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2016 Chateau Margaux Premier Cru Classe, Margaux
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1st GrowthThe highest ranking for Bordeaux wine
0.7% of Fine Wine Producers in Region
Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest WinesWhy We're Buying
Château Margaux isn't just one of the most famous names in Bordeaux. It's one of the most famous in the world. A first-growth estate with more than 500 years of history, Château Margaux is renowned for its elegance and complexity. The complex clay, chalk, and gravel soils are perfectly suited for cabernet sauvignon, making this red wine a multi-dimensional behemoth. The 2016 incarnation features 94 cabernet sauvignon, 3 cabernet franc, 2 merlot, and 1 petit verdot. The dominance of cabernet contributes to serious concentration and profound tannic structure. Black fruits, cassis, violets, cassis, tobacco, crushed flowers, and spice waft from the glass, alluding to the elegance and richness of the body. Meanwhile, a subtle mineral tension permeates the core and leads into the sterling finish. As wine critic Jeb Dunnuck wrote, "2016 Château Margaux is a beauty and tastes like the essence of Margaux." The Final Sip: US president Thomas Jefferson once said of Château Margaux, "There couldn't be a better Bordeaux bottle." If you can't trust Thomas Jefferson, who can you trust?
Critics Scores
Wine Spectator
Beautifully rendered, with a lush and seamless flow of cassis, steeped cherry, warmed raspberry and gently mulled blackberry fruit flavors gliding through. Light lilac, savory, mesquite and mineral accents underline the finish, adding additional texture and length. Deep and long, with sublime definition and gorgeous fruit. Best from 2024 through 2040.
Jeb Dunnuck
The grand vin 2016 Château Margaux is a beauty and tastes like the essence of Margaux. Thrilling notes of blueberries, cassis, crushed violets, flowery incense, and spice notes all give way to a full-bodied 2016 that strikes an incredible balance between richness and elegance. A blend of 94 Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 Cabernet Franc, 2 Merlot and 1 Petit Verdot brought up in new barrels, it’s more focused and elegant than the 2015, yet I suspect it’s just as concentrated, and readers are going have a blast comparing these two magical vintages over the coming 4-5 decades.
Wine Enthusiast
With a rare 94 Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend, this wine is packed both with black-currant flavors and impressive tannins and acidity. It moves Château Margaux into a new dimension with its dense, dry core of tannins that will power the wine into a seriously long-term future. Drink from 2025.
James Suckling
It’s very friendly and warm on the nose showing flowers, such as roses, and red fruit. But then on the palate, it lets you know how serious it is. Full-bodied, yet reserved, extremely tight and well-formed with super polished tannins that go on for minutes. A solid and typical Margaux with all the personality and beauty in strength. Try after 2027.
Decanter
This is a serious Margaux, hugely Cabernet dominant on both nose and palate as you would expect with 94 of the blend. It has an extremely fine, elongated tannic structure, just barely there and so classy, focussing on the gentle elasticity. There are more blue than black fruits here, wonderfully spun out and softened with crushed tobacco. It has the expansive aromatic structure of Margaux, the floral and mineral aspects clear, as is the tension that lifts the palate up and out. It's reminiscent of the 2005, though with less evident tannins. It's not as hefty as the 2010 or as staggering as the 2015, but is still a joyful expression of the estate. 1 Petit Verdot completes the blend.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Château Margaux (blended of 94 Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 Cabernet Franc, 2 Merlot and 1 Petit Verdot) sashays out of the glass with glamorous red currants, candied violets, kirsch and crushed blackcurrants scents followed by notions of tilled black soil, forest floor, cast iron pan and cigar box with subtle wafts of lavender and oolong tea. Medium-bodied, mineral laced accents hover over the palate with an ethereal sensation of weightlessness, yet it is super intense with layers of red and black flavors supported by a firm texture of silt-fine tannins, finishing wonderfully fragrant and incredibly long. D98
Vinous
A gorgeous, captivating bouquet gives the 2016 Margaux an irresistible allure. Weightless and yet wonderfully persistent, in the way only the château's wines can be, the 2016 Grand Vin is a wine of exceptional breeding and pedigree. So many wines in this vintage are obvious, but Margaux is a wine that takes time to discover, like a great book or piece of music. Shades of tobacco, cedar, mint, licorice and bright, red-toned fruit reveal themselves over time. And yet it is a sense of total harmony and seductiveness that elevates Margaux into the stratosphere in 2016.