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1962 wine gift – Château Margaux 1962 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.
1962 wine gift – Château Margaux 1962
1962 was a late-ripening year which nevertheless benefited from excellent ripening conditions for the grapes.
The picking began 3rd October 1962.
Château Margaux 1962 is an example of something rare in those times: a successful late-ripening year.
Unfortunately, coming so soon after the extraordinary 1961, this very fine wine was a little overshadowed.
Château Margaux 1962 is, after 1961 and perhaps before 1966, one of the best Château Margaux vintages of the 1960s.
Château Margaux 1962 is a fleshy wine, well-balanced, rich and mature – very pleasant to drink today.
Margaux 1962 came first in a tasting held by Liquid Asset:
“All the wines were of very fine quality.
The wines are characterized by their elegant nose and flavor characteristics; interestingly the nose was initially assertive but faded in the glass in a few minutes.
But the majority of these wines was surprisingly youthful in colour and in tannic structure.”
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers this 1962 wine gift.
