Chateau Margaux 2011, France

PRESS: Wine Enthusiast - 95 points. "A solidly structured wine, it is both elegant and intensely powerful. It is disclosing its fruitiness slowly, at the moment dense and concentrated. A restrained edge provides complexity and balance. It will need aging, so don’t drink before 2022."

Producer: Chateau Margaux

Region/Appellation: Margaux 

Country Hierarchy: Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Grape/Blend: Bordeaux Blend Red

Food Suggestion: Beef, Venison and Poultry

Wine Style: Red - Savory and Classic

Alcohol Content: 13%

Winemaker Notes:

Cabernet Sauvignon largely dominates with 86% of the blend. This year it is uncommonly strong, vigorous and fortunately balanced with lots of smoothness. Then comes the Merlot (10%), the Petit Verdot (2%) and the Cabernet Franc (2%). Chateau Margaux 2011 is the most concentrated wine they have ever produced. And yet, one will barely notice its tannins.