CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 2025 Chateau Margaux was picked at 22 hl/ha between 10 and 29 September. This year it represents 37% of the total crop, a little down on recent vintages, and was matured in 100% new oak as usual. The first thing that you notice on this Chateau Margaux is the purity of fruit, a signature of the First Growth but taken to its maximum in this vintage. Perfumed blueberry, crushed violet and iris flower, a touch of iodine and a distant trace of the estuary. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins, fine delineation and poise. There is backbone to this Margaux but it is disguised under the layers of pure blackberry and blueberry fruit, dovetailing into a lightly spiced but very persistent finish. It fans out wonderfully, completing a very alluring wine in the making. This vintage contains 13.8% alcohol.
JancisRobinson.com
89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc,1% Petit Verdot. 37% of the production. Cask sample.Deep colour. Real Margaux elegance on the nose - a floral fragrance with notes of violet and peony. Aromatic on the palate as well. Plush texture with plenty of grippy tannins behind but finer than those of Pavillon. Really quite seductive. Almost drinkable now. (JL)


