Peter Maude Fine Wines
2025, Château Margaux, MARGAUX, 1er Grand Cru Classé
$986.70 inc. GST
1st growth 1855
It is always impressive, whilst remaining fine and elegant. This is where we most often find the "Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove". Margaux is certainly the most stylish, charming and sophisticated of the first growths. Quality is maintained here by an incredibly rigorous selection process. The 2025 Margaux has the smallest production since 1856!
The blend is 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 6% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot.
The texture of this wine is exceptional, with black currant, dark plum, chocolate and orange blossom aromas. Full-bodied with round and creamy tannins that fill the mouth and give a caressing texture. Very long and seductive. Gentle at the end. It's lush, velvety and luxurious. 98-99 James Suckling.
Rising through the palate, with rose petals, pomegranate, cassis and damson fruits, so juicy and full of character, slate and crushed rocks, peony and iris, with volume that is expansive and striking. These guys held on to harvest after the rains and have been rewarded for it - can't have been easy as everyone was picking around them, but this was a great decision that shows just what was capable in this vintage. I dont give 100 points En Primeur, but if I did, this would get it. It's a slam dunk. 2036-2055. 98-100 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.
The 2025 Château Margaux is shaping up to be one of the wines of this young vintage. Dark and layered, almost mysterious in bearing, the 2025 is going to have a lot to say over the coming decades as it grows up. Today, its superb persistence and exceptional balance are the harbingers. 2035-2075. 97-99 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.
2025 Château Margaux is a deep, authoritative wine with notes of dark berries, violets, lilac and pencil shavings, framed by a deft touch of new oak, it's medium to full-bodied, dense and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and lively acids. This will certainly require some patience, but it is a prodigious Château Margaux in the making. 97-100 William Kelley, Wine Advocate.