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Find this 1996 vintage wine at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1996.
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Find this 1996 vintage wine at Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1996
After a very quick flowering, the unsettled summer brought alternating periods of hot and cool weather, and stormy showers.
Consequently, cool and very dry weather set in for three weeks starting from 1st September.
Then rain came and fine weather returned for the harvesting of the Cabernets.
The team began picking on 23rd September.
Whatever the explanation, this Château Margaux 1996 vintage produced a wine that will go down in history for its classicism and purity.
Moreover, wine lovers find Château Margaux 1996 a dream of a Margaux that is difficult to resist now, but has huge potential to age…
Finally, award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers this 1996 vintage wine.
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.
