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A brief history of Château Margaux
The region called Margaux was named “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 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.
Arden Fine Wines offers the best Bordeaux vintages of all time – 1959 Château Margaux
“Even before the beginning of the harvest, the critics acclaimed this vintage as ‘vintage of the century’.
In every part of France, the 1959 summer had been exceptionally hot and dry.
Then the heat-wave during the harvest made the vinification difficult.
Sometimes it was perilous since few cellars at that time had equipment to cool the fermenting musts.
Subsequently, wine enthusiasts have sometimes claimed that 1959 was the last great vintage of a bygone age, with 1961 being the first one in the modern era.
Therefore the 1959 Chateau Margaux showcases a great wine, with a powerful, complex, very fine and elegant bouquet.
However, it is a little less profound and rich than the 1961.
On the palate, it is very concentrated, powerful, but rather less long and less smooth than the 1961.
Finally, without any question, it stands as a very great bottle, which you should enjoy now.”
Arden Fine Wines offers the best Bordeaux vintages of all time – 1959 Château Margaux for sale.
