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Wine for 80th birthday – 1946 Château Margaux price at 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.
1946 Château Margaux – Wine for 80th birthday
In spite of a few very hot days in the summer of 1946, the conditions for ripening were quite poor.
The grapes did not ripen well.
The picking began 1st October 1946.
Château Margaux 1946 has always been a wine of modest quality.
At 80 years of age, it is finally beginning to gain in complexity with a pleasant nose.
It still retains a very lively acidity.
But will it ever soften…?
Wine for 80th birthday – 1946 Château Margaux price at Arden Fine Wines in London.
