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  • Country ranking ?

    660
  • Producer ranking ?

    31
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Pork Tenderloin Wrapped with Pancetta

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The Story

Since the 17th Century, the first wine of Château Margaux has been recognised as being one of the greatest wines in the entire world. It owes its unique qualities to the genius of its terroir as well as to the passionate work of a succession of generations. It’s a remarkable wine that comes from a combination of characteristics that are only rarely found: finesse, elegance, complexity, density, intensity, length and freshness. Although its tan...

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Wine Information

1995/

1995 is a true great vintage with all the hallmark characteristics: power, depth, richness, complexity, but also delicacy, subtlety and harmony. In its density, it follows the style of 1986; its elegance and charm recall the 1990. Could this be an ideal combination? This wine will be long-ageing and is sure to improve, so it would be a pity to drink it now. And yet... the nose is so rich, the fruit so powerful, the tannins so soft de...

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Vintage 1995

Bordeaux / An excellent year for both sides of the Gironde and just the vintage that Bordeaux needed after the rain affected vintages of the previous 4 years. A mild winter and early spring was followed by a dry, hot summer. It did rain in early September but the rain was less than in the previous 4 vintages and, crucially, there was perfect weather from September 20th through to October.

Quality is high across all levels and appellations, ...

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Average Bottle Price

2024 2020 2016 2015 2013 2010
650€ +4.8% 620€ -16.2% 740€ +13.8% 650€ +10.9% 586€ +30.5% 449€

This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.

Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long

flavors

Toasty, Blackcurrant, Coffee and Mineral

nose

Intense, Pure, Complex and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Concentrated, Well-Integrated, Complex, Medium-bodied and Firm

Written Notes

A very good year in the Bordeaux Left Bank. Mild winter and spring with substantial rains were followed by an early vegetative growth and beautiful weather conditions during the flowering. The summer was hot and extremely dry, in fact the driest in 20 years. 
These fine looking bottles were decanted for two hours. Moderately intense, ruby garnet colour. Very sophisticated and promising restrained nose. A seductive touch of roasted coffee and toastiness. The palate reveals real class and plenty of density. Medium-bodied palate has subtle structure. Aristocratic acidity and minerality with restrained but concentrated ripe fruitiness of blackcurrants with black olive tones. The structure is completed by dense and firm tannins. Well-integrated delicate toasty oak flavours take hold on the palate with a long finish. Truly subtle and classy wine drinking well already now but will improve during the next ten years. 

 

  • 96p
The 1995 Margaux was impressive. Gil noticed ‘grilled Gruyere cheese and green bean puree.’ I got the Gruyere, but not the green beans, as cinnamon jumped out at me first. Gil also admired its ‘chalky, dusty’ personality, also finding it ‘tight.’ After cinnamon, chocolate took over, and then sawdust took over from there. The palate was spicy and very gritty with lots of minerals. The thickness of its tannins was clearly in another league than anything prior. It was also rusty like 1995s can be, cedary and edgy yet lean and cut like an Olympic athlete. It was very dry and long, and this might get even better in the future. As Paul eloquently summed it up, ‘the finish is like an unfinished story, a great work in progress’.
  • 96p

This still broods seriously, with dark plum, currant and blackberry fruit, studded with charcoal, singed tobacco and cedar notes and backed by a serious grip of roasted earth. The gorgeously long finish is driven by old-school tannins, with the smoldering edge going on and on. A brick house of a Margaux, with more charcoal than graphite, more austerity than elegance and more power than refinement. Drink now through 2034. 18,000 cases made” – James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 97p (Dec 2013)

  • 97p
Ruby, garnet rim. Floral, violets, cassis, tobacco, cigars, showing some tiny development, anise, very complex. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, mouthwatering, pure and gorgeously put together, absolutely superb, seductive and very long finish. I would wait another ten years.
  • 95p
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Origin

Margaux, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Average

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None
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