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1947 vintage red wine – Chateau Margaux 1947 for sale 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.
1947 vintage red wine – Chateau Margaux 1947
1947 was one of the hottest Bordeaux wine vintages of the 20th century.
it was one of a run of very hot years, with 1945, 1946, and 1949.
They began the picking on 16th September 1947.
Moreover, wine experts regard Château Margaux 1947 as a great wine, particularly powerful and still very fresh.
Furthermore, the intense and mellow bouquet reveals very ripe fruit.
On the palate, the power of the tannins comes to the fore.
Consequently, it leaves a slightly dry impression, which is quite typical of the wines of this generation.
In addition, wine producers made this type of wine for long-ageing.
You can enjoy it now, of course.
However, you can lay it down without any problem for many more years.
You can find the 1947 vintage red wine – Château Margaux 1947 – for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
