Château Margaux - Margaux 2006 (750ml)
Price: $650.00
| Producer | Château Margaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2006 |
| Sku | 10615 |
| Size | 750ml |
The Wine Independent: 96 Points
2006 was the first vintage Chateau Margaux had 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and so little Merlot only 4% together with 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Only the Merlot from the plot in front of the church which was planted in 1953 on gravel had the structure to stand up to the Cabernet Sauvignon this year. It has a deep garnet color with a touch of brick and it struts out of the glass with mature notes of cigar box new leather and sandalwood over a core of redcurrant jelly prunes and fruitcake with wafts of iron ore and dusty soil. The medium-bodied palate delivers red berry preserves and ferrous/mineral layers supported by firm chewy tannins and plenty of freshness finishing long and lifted. There's a distinct salinity to the finish that keeps you wanting more. Reviewed by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown Review date: 2024-11-21
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
This has a wonderful nose of perfume sandalwood ripe plum and berries. Full-bodied with seamless tannins and a long finish. Gorgeous. Best after 2015.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2006 Château Margaux remains a very youthful wine unfurling in the decanter and glass with a deep bouquet of blackcurrants cigar wrapper black truffles loamy soil and nicely integrated new oak. Medium to full-bodied deep and concentrated with a rich and vibrant core of fruit lively acids and refined but authoritative tannins it's a rather powerful elegantly muscular Margaux that's still a decade from maturity. Published: Aug 11 2022
Wine Enthusiast: 95 Points
This is not a big Château Margaux its style showing more elegance and discretion. The tannins are soft although producing a dense web that lies underneath the black currant and plum fruit flavors. It is a wine that envelops the mouth an edge of firmness over velvet fruit textures. The wine floats away slowly on the close. ? Roger Voss
Decanter: 94 Points
The 2006 Margaux was almost shocking with its dark blackberry fruit and hints of spice pepper and smoke. People remember the cool August of this vintage and late rains but this is firm tannic and massively structured. Less approachable than the 2009 or the 2010 and It may never reach those heights but when it comes around it should be lovely. 36% of the harvest was used in the grand vin; the blend is 90% Cabernet and 4% each of Merlot and Petit Verdot. (Drink between 2023-2070) - Charles Curtis MW (2023)
Stephen Tanzer: 93 Points
($895) Good deep red-ruby. Deep but reticent aromas of redcurrant, tobacco leaf, licorice and loam; I don't find the typical floral high notes of Margaux. Juicy, fine-grained and suave, with good definition and a seamless, spherical texture to the currant and soil flavors. Finishes with a fine dusting of tannins, but not the grip or power of earlier barrel samples of this wine.
