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The great spring frost struck on 21st April 1991.
The cold delayed vine growth until the end of May.
But an extraordinarily hot, dry summer allowed the vegetation to catch up and brought this very small harvest to an excellent level of ripeness.
Unfortunately, heavy rain just before the harvest diminished the quality of what would have been a remarkable vintage.
The harvesters began picking on 30th September 1991.
The frost on April 21st affected some parts of the Château Margaux vineyard more than others.
The Merlot that grows mostly on the limestone and clay soils on the lower part of the Château Margaux property, closer to the river, froze completely.
But the top Château Margaux Cabernet Sauvignon on the gravelly slopes that overlook the river partly spared it.
But in the majority of cases, workers had to remove all the bunches that second generation buds produced a few weeks after the frost at veraison.
Right up to the harvest, these conditions looked very similar to those of 1945 and 1961 and might also have produced a great vintage, but at the last moment, the rain dashed hopes.
Château Margaux 1991 is an amazingly dense and young wine, still almost a little austere.
There is no rush to drink it as we believe it will develop further.
You can find this 1991 vintage wine at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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.
