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Find this 1995 vintage wine at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1995.
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Find this 1995 vintage wine at Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1995
After a very mild winter, the bud-break and flowering were early and even.
So the whole summer was one of a great vintage.
Because it was hot and very dry.
The quite heavy rain that arrived in the middle of September was of benefit to the ripening of the grapes.
The weather was then superb throughout the harvest.
Finally, the picking began on 15th September.
Château Margaux 1995 is a truly great vintage with all the hallmark characteristics: power, depth, richness, complexity, but also delicacy, subtlety and harmony.
Today the nose is not really closed, but still rather restrained.
All the aromas are there, but a bit masked.
On the palate, it is obviously the power that dominates; the tannic structure is dense, tight and firm without being hard.
Ideally, you should wait a few more years before starting to drink this superb wine whose balance will assure a very harmonious evolution…
A brief history of Château Margaux
People in the XII century referred to Margaux as “La Mothe de Margaux” (the Margaux mound).
The old name didn’t happen by chance.
In a flat region like the Médoc, the slightest “mound” easily stood out.
This is because sloping land that ensures good drainage always produces the greatest wines.
In 1152, England advanced into Aquitaine and continued until 1453.
Thus, this new market benefited Bordeaux wines.
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 planted 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.
