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  • Country ranking ?

    723
  • Producer ranking ?

    36
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    1945-1960
  • Food Pairing

    Enjoy without food

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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

The Bordeaux Vintage Report by Château Margaux: The 1899 and 1900, were a fabulous pair of vintages, matched later only by 1928-1929 and 1989-1990. The wine of 1899 was of remarkable quality but was a little overshadowed by 1900, which was right away more powerful and carried a more symbolic vintage year… Château Margaux 1899 is a wine of great harmony, extreme finesse and amazing freshness.

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The summer was very dry. The cellar mast...

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Vintage 1899

Bordeaux: Harvest began on September 24th, and ushered in an excellent vintage, with wines of very high quality. Among the most exceptional wines of the year were Ausone, Lafite Rothschild, Latour and Haut-Brion, all of which aged well into the next century, a few still going strong today. The first Bordeaux trams began running this year, and King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway visited the Médoc, signing the guest book at Château Lafite Rothsch...

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Average Bottle Price

2024 2020 2015 2014 2010 2005 2000 1995
12 900€ +34.4% 9 600€ +6.8% 8 990€ +14.9% 7 822€ +87.3% 4 177€ +67.8% 2 489€ +1.4% 2 455€ +79.7% 1 366€

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

Light, Brick red and Healthy

ending

Long

flavors

Coffee and Mineral

nose

Intense and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Well-structured, Complex and Rich

Written Notes

1899 and 1900, were a fabulous pair of vintages, matched later only by 1928-1929 and 1989-1990. The wine of 1899 was of remarkable quality but was a little overshadowed by 1900, which was right away more powerful and carried a more symbolic vintage year… Château Margaux 1899 is a wine of great harmony, extreme finesse and amazing freshness. It is less powerful than 1900, but its bouquet is at least as complex and elegant. On the palate, it shows extraordinary smoothness and delicacy. It is still a remarkable wine to drink today.

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Origin

Margaux, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Excellent

Fake factory

There is a possibility

Glass time

30min
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