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1928 Château Margaux price at Arden Fine Wines in London.
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A brief history of Château Margaux
Margaux was called “La Mothe de Margaux” (the Margaux mound) from the XII century.
The old name didn’t happen by chance.
In a flat region like the Médoc, the slightest “mound” easily stood out.
This is because the greatest wines always emerge from sloping land that ensures good drainage.
In 1152, England advanced into Aquitaine and continued until 1453.
Thus Bordeaux wines benefited from this new market.
In the ten years from 1572 to 1582, Pierre de Lestonnac completely restructured the property.
At the end of the XVII century, Château Margaux occupied 265 hectares.
A third of the estate was planted with vines, which remains the case today.
Then in 1705, the London Gazette advertised the first auction of 230 barrels of “Margose”.
Later, the 1771 vintage became the first “claret” to appear in a Christie’s catalogue.
In 1896, Count Pillet-Will, Margaux’s owner, employed Pierre Moreau to manage the property.
Subsequently, Pierre Moreau’s most important innovation involved bottling the wine at the château, which he adopted in 1924.
This guaranteed authenticity for the buyers.
In 1950, the Ginestet family acquired the whole property.
In 1977, André Mentzelopoulos bought the property.
The Mentzelopoulos family continues to own Margaux.
1928 Château Margaux
In 1928 and 1929, Margaux experienced a fabulous pair of vintages.
To find successive years of such high quality, one has to wait until 1989 and 1990.
For Margaux, though, one could also mention 1982 and 1983.
The winemakers crafted the wines in the 1928 vintage to be incredibly powerful and concentrated.
Therefore the 1928 was overshadowed by 1929, which had an almost immediate appeal.
Today, Château Margaux 1928 stands out as an outstandingly great wine.
It is perhaps superior to the 1929.
On the whole, the 1928 has aged better.
Moreover, the 1928 bottles show more consistency and the wine has lost its hardness.
But it has also kept an absolutely extraordinary freshness and richness.
It may not have the great finesse of a bottle of 1929, but its freshness is far greater.
Without going as far as to say that one still has to wait to drink it, we think its potential for ageing remains almost intact.
1928 Château Margaux price at Arden Fine Wines in London.
