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Find this 1985 vintage wine at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1985.
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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.
Find this 1985 vintage wine at Arden Fine Wines in London – Château Margaux 1985
After a quite cool and late start to the 1985 growing season, this vintage was influenced by very advantageous ripening and harvesting conditions, especially during the months of September and October.
The leaves on the vines refused to fall until late into November.
This Indian summer will be remembered a long time.
The picking began on 26th September.
Château Margaux 1985 is an outstanding vintage, as much in terms of quality as in quantity.
It has always been very pleasant to drink, almost right from the end of the fermentation.
The nose is still astonishingly fruity, fine and elegant and has become more developed and very complex.
On the palate, we are first struck by the delicacy and charm of the particularly round and silky tannins, but the length and finish also display a great concentration.
You can find this 1985 vintage wine at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
1985 Château Margaux tasting note by Neal Martin, June 2025
“The 1985 Château Margaux is the best First Growth of the vintage, when the late Paul Pontallier was just getting his groove on.
At 40 years it is a spellbinding wine.
This has a crystalline bouquet that soars from the glass with Morello cherries, crushed strawberry and light floral scents—precision, precision, precision.
The palate follows suit with filigree tannins, a perfect line of acidity, balletic poise and focus.
There’s real fruit intensity to this First Growth and yet a paradoxical weightlessness on the finish.
A brilliant wine that is à point.”
