2001 Chateau Margaux, 1st Growth Margaux (1 x Magnum)
The 2001 Château Margaux, last tasted five years previously, is slightly deeper in color compared with the 2001 Pavillon. Featuring black plum, raspberry and touches of orange peel, rose petal and light bay leaf aromas, the bouquet is not intense, but it is well defined and focused. The palate is fresh on the entry with fine-boned tannins and a taut line of acidity – a strict Château Margaux that doesn’t want to muck about. It’s little short on the finish, yet sophisticated and providing unadulterated buvabilité. Drinking perfectly now, and it will be enjoyable over the next 15–20 years.
2001 Chateau Margaux, 1st Growth Margaux (1 x Magnum)
The 2001 Château Margaux, last tasted five years previously, is slightly deeper in color compared with the 2001 Pavillon. Featuring black plum, raspberry and touches of orange peel, rose petal and light bay leaf aromas, the bouquet is not intense, but it is well defined and focused. The palate is fresh on the entry with fine-boned tannins and a taut line of acidity – a strict Château Margaux that doesn’t want to muck about. It’s little short on the finish, yet sophisticated and providing unadulterated buvabilité. Drinking perfectly now, and it will be enjoyable over the next 15–20 years.
| Producer | Chateau Margaux |
|---|---|
| Sub-Region | Margaux |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Country | France |
| Vintage | 2001 |
| Colour | Red |
| ABV | 13.00% |
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Medium ruby. Very restrained, perfumed aromas of black fruits, minerals, licorice and violet. Quite closed, even stern, in the mouth, but already offers lovely purity and precision of dark fruit flavor. A wine of austere charm, finishing very subtle and long, with refined tannins. Hard to assess at this early stage, but extremely elegant. The 2001 has a similar concentration of tannins to the ’96, notes Pontallier, but this wine is even more tightly wound.
91-95 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / May 2002
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Good medium ruby. Complex aromas of berries, cedar, violet, coffee and sexy oak. Suave and utterly spherical; less taut than the 2002 but more harmonious today. Superb elevage here has really brought out the Margaux terroir Very long and elegant, with substantial but thoroughly buffered tannins.
92-94 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / May 2003
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Enticing aromas of boysenberry, cedar, espresso and roasted oak. Sweet, lush and broad in the mouth, with sappy berry and espresso flavors. This boasts the pliant texture and near-perfect balance of the vintage’s best examples. Finishes with a fine dusting of tannins. Like so many 2001s, this is easy to taste today but may well close down in the coming year or so. The 2001 is a smiley wine, says Pontallier, while the 2002, though a bit stiff today, has more power and excellent aging potential. But neither ranks among our greatest vintages.
93 Points
By Stephen Tanzer / May 2004