Chateau Margaux - Margaux 2005 (750ml)
Price: $1049.00
| Producer | Chateau Margaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 10613 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 100 Points
The nose on this seems more concentrated than the 2000 and the purity of fruit is stunning with blueberries raspberries fresh flowers and hints of licorice. This is perfect and complete. Full bodied with notes of forest berries and wild raspberries this is thick and velvety with perfectly polished tannins. You can really feel the density on this more than the tannic structure. This is a sleeping beauty that will be utterly captivating when it awakes. Don't touch this until after 2015.
vWine Spectator: 100 Points
"Black in color delivering extraordinary aromas of blackberry raisin spices and fresh mushroom. Full-bodied with an amazing core of ripe fruit yet ultrabalanced and finely textured. Touches every taste bud. This incredible young red spent two years in new wood but you can't tell. It's all glorious fruit. A legendary wine. "
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
An another level the 2005 Château Margaux is as good as it gets offering an incredible full-bodied layered style as well as the classic nuance complexity and elegance this Château is known for. Based on 85% Cabernet Sauvigno
Vinous: 99 Points
"From the moment it is opened the 2005 Margaux takes things to another level. The bouquet alone is breathtaking in its beauty. Bright delineated but also explosive the 2005 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up. The flavors are vibrant and focused with gorgeous lift and precision. The 2005 is riveting aristocratic Margaux that will drink well for several decades. Today the flavors are still remarkably youthful. The wine drinks well because of its magnificent balance but readers who prefer more aromatic and flavor complexity will want to wait for at least another five years. No matter how you look at it the 2005 Margaux is pure magic. "
The Wine Independent: 98 Points
The 2005 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot. Deep garnet-brick in color it reveals an earthy nose redolent of crushed rocks tilled soil and truffles over a kirsch and creme de cassis core with floral notes coming through. The medium to full-bodied palate is elegant and perfumed with soft velvety tannins finishing long and layered. Perfumed layered and approachable now it is within its ideal drinking window and will continue to drink well through 2047. In 2003 Corinne Mentzelopoulos bought back the majority stake and became the controlling shareholder of Chateau Margaux. This 2005 was made by Paul Pontallier.
Wine Enthusiast: 98 Points
"For a Château Margaux this is an especially rich wine. The dense fruit superripe but not overpowering and the blackberry jam flavors show the richness of the year. There is wood alongside the juiciness and sweet tannins. Of course it will age but it?s so delicious to drink now."
Wine Advocate: 98 Points
"Another celestial effort from Paul Pontallier and Corinne Mentzelopoulus the 2005 Margaux a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot boasts a dense opaque blue/purple color as well as an extraordinary bouquet of spring flowers blueberries black raspberries creme de cassis licorice and despite its having spent two years in 100% new wood only a subtle touch of toasty oak. Although full-bodied the wine seems light on its feet because of the silky tannins as well as the great gravel terroir from which it comes. Beautiful purity length and nobility define this modern day classic. Is it better than the 2000 1996 1990 or some of the vintages from the decade of the eighties? Who knows but it is unquestionably one of the all-time great wines made at Chateau Margaux. This estate has produced only exceptional wines over the last three decades. The seamlessness of the 2005 suggests it will perform well early but it should last for a half century or more. "
