1969 Chateau Margaux, Margaux, France

1969 Chateau Margaux, Margaux, France

£355.00

I cannot pretend that 69 was a great year, but these bottles and I have 3, have survived very well with good condition and levels. Recent cellar trackers also show that it is doing perhaps better than it should which perhaps just reaffirms how special the first growth terroir is!!!

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Recent Cellar Tracker Tastings

  • 9/3/2022 – Decanting Queen Likes this wine:93 Points

    Winapalooza VI; 9/2/2022-9/4/2022 (Atlanta): Our first wine of day 2! I did not know what to expect with this wine, my birth year, but I always enjoy old wines even just for the experience. Luckily, this turned out to be decent to drink too.
    Bought at auction. Cork fully intact but soaked to the top. Moldy under the capsule. Label was stained, fill was good.
    Translucent garnet and brownish tinge in color with golden rim. Beautiful nose even at pnp.
    On first sip there was a metallic off taste but this blew off after about 20 min. Still some fruit, somewhat stewed in nature, but overall very pleasant. But we soon moved on to dinner and younger wines.
    Saved 8oz for day 3 and wow!!!! The fruit woke up and seemed younger, fresher, red berries, leather, tobacco. Would never have guessed the age. And would never have thought this would hold up and even improve. Old wines never cease to amaze.

    9/3/2022 – Mark1npt Likes this wine:91 Points

    DQ’s birth year wine she was so gracious to share with me this afternoon. The Durand brought the entirely saturated (from head to toe cork) out in one nice solid piece. Pnp’d into a glass carefully due to prodigious sediment.

    The nose alone is a 94 for me. Wonderful aged Bdx fruit, maybe a hint of raisin, stewed plums and the requisite leather, mushroom, etc.

    The palate is maybe an 88 for me. The wine has excellent clarity when sediment is handled carefully. It’s nice and clean in the glass, definitely bricky. There’s fading fruit with a hint of a tart ending. Still some light tannins present and a modicum of acidity. Thanks so much for sharing this one with me Jen!

    9/11/2021 – MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

    Epic Bordeaux for an Epic Birthday!; 9/1/2021-9/12/2021 (Paris & Bordeaux): There was some initial concern on this wine mostly because it had quite the trip to make it to this table (including a back and forth between London and Paris twice although thankfully when the weather was on the cooler side). Perhaps it’s a bit tossed up as a result, but honestly I still thought it was lovely. There’s just a touch of that plushy, more red velvet that I associate with Margaux. A strong showing and a wine I’d happily order again.

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