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1949 vintage red wine – Chateau Margaux 1949 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.
1949 vintage red wine – Chateau Margaux 1949
The great fires in the Landes forest took dozens of lives, so people long remembered 1949 as a dry and especially hot year, particularly in July and August.
The picking team at Margaux began on 28th September 1949.
Château Margaux 1949 is one of the most concentrated vintages of Château Margaux.
Such tannic power did not appear again until 1961, and then again in 1986.
The deep and still youthful colour of Château Margaux 1949 impresses the observer.
Then the nose presents rich and clean aromas but does not have the same finesse as other more classic great Château Margaux vintages, such as 1953, 1955, and 1959.
Subsequently, the power really comes through on the palate, with very concentrated tannins, and these still give the wine a firmness, even an astringency, which surprises drinkers in a wine of this age.
Eventually, the finish lacks a little smoothness, but generally, wine lovers consider Château Margaux 1949 a remarkable wine.
It is difficult to say whether people should drink it now or keep it… Perhaps they would find it better to drink it!
You can find the 1949 vintage red wine – Château Margaux 1949 for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
