Chateau Margaux - Margaux 2014 (750ml)
Price: $600.00
| Producer | Chateau Margaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Sku | 10621 |
| Size | 750ml |
The Wine Independent: 97 Points
The 2014 Chateau Margaux is deep garnet-brick in color. Scents of warm cassis black cherries and dried mulberries pop from the glass with hints of iron ore and forest floor plus a waft of candied violets. The medium-bodied palate is vibrant and energetic with compelling mineral accents and super-ripe fine-grained tannins finishing long and fragrant. This is beautiful! Tasted blind with the Southwold Group in London in February 2024.
James Suckling: 97 Points
The purity of cabernet sauvignon fruit is what impresses here. Subtle and energetic plum and currant aromas follow through to a gorgeously harmonized palate of wonderful fruit and an ultra-long finish. Current bush and light earth adds to the complexity. Lasts for minutes. Drink in 2022.
Jane Anson: 96 Points
Sit back and drink in the finessed tannins and floral aromatics that are so associated with Château Margaux and that are fully on display in this elegant refined wine. Still young with soft roasted blackberry and bilberry fruits that sit alongside crushed mint cigar and liqourice root. The savoury edge of Cabernet Sauvignon is dominant in terms of character and this will benefit from a few more years of ageing. The bottle supplied during the Bordeaux Index tasting was corked so I Coravined one that I have at home. I particularly wanted to include it as this was one of Paul Pontallier's last vintages. 36% of overall production in the 1st wine. 100% new oak.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
This is solidly packed with layers of warm fig bread plum compote and black currant preserves carried by a silky yet substantial structure. As the fruit plays out the anise black tea and singed alder notes in the background come into clearer focus giving this remarkable range. Everything glides beautifully through the suave gently toasty finish. Best from 2020 through 203
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2014 Château Margaux represents 36% of the year?s total production and is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Affording the glass five to ten minutes to open the aromatics are very similar to those expressed out of barrel those dark cherries and violets tightly wound at first but unfurling beautifully and seemingly with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin and it appears to have fomented a little more finesse during its élevage. There is wonderful mineral tension and dash of spiciness on the persistent finish. There remains some tightness here the implication that this is a Château Margaux determined to give long-term pleasure. Therefore do not be afraid to give it a decade in the cellar. Published: Mar 31 2017
Decanter: 95 Points
Striking black fruits from 90% Cabernet Sauvignon yet restrained ? even severe ? with less charm and more firmness; the opposite of showy. With great natural density and tannins that do not overwhelm this is a classical Château Margaux that will need time to fully open up. Tasted by: Steven Spurrier
jsJeb Dunnuck: 95 Points
The grand vin from the Mentzelopoulos family and late manager Paul Pontallier is the 2014 Château Margaux which checks in as a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot as always raised in 100% new barrels and represents a scant 36% of the total production from the estate. A regal classy and nuanced beauty its ruby/purple-tinged color is followed by a terrific perfume of cassis licorice spicy oak sandalwood and a hint of vanilla. With a beautiful core of sweet fruit ripe polished tannin no hard edges and a great finish this full-bodied 2014 shows the classy elegant style of the vintage brilliantly. Give bottles 5-7 years and it should deliver plenty of pleasure over the following three decades.
Vinous: 94 Points
The 2014 Château Margaux has a well-defined bouquet with cedar-infused black fruit undergrowth and touches of brown spice. A little more precision than the Haut-Brion. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit finely balanced. It's not the most complex First Growth and it feels linear and strict toward the Pauillac-like finish. It's a "serious" Château Margaux that will hopefully loosen up in the
