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1957 wine gift – Château Margaux 1957 at award-winning 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.
1957 wine gift – Château Margaux 1957
The 1957 grape-growing season started difficultly, with some damage from spring frosts.
The weather then became satisfactory, but cool, until the harvest.
October registered record high temperatures, which saved this late-ripening harvest.
The Margaux team began picking on 4th October 1957.
When young, Château Margaux 1957 tasted hard and very tannic, but today the bouquet is fine and distinct, typical of a good vintage of this age.
Still relatively tannic, Château Margaux 1957 remains surprisingly youthful.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers this 1957 wine gift.
