2014 Chateau Margaux Premier Cru Classe, Margaux 1x750ml

Vinous 94

The 2014 Chateau Margaux has a well-defined bouquet with cedar-infused black fruit, undergrowth and touches of brown spice. A little more precision than the Haut-Brion. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid black fruit, finely balanced. It’s not the most complex First Growth, and it feels linear and strict toward the Pauillac-like finish. It’s a "serious" Chateau Margaux that will hopefully loosen up in the next few years. We’ll see. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. [Neal Martin, 19/03/2024]

Anticipated maturity: 2025-2044

Robert Parker 95

The 2014 Chateau Margaux represents 36% of the year’s total production and is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Affording the glass five to ten minutes to open, the aromatics are very similar to those expressed out of barrel, those dark cherries and violets, tightly wound at first but unfurling beautifully and seemingly with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin and it appears to have fomented a little more finesse during its elevage. There is wonderful mineral tension and dash of spiciness on the persistent finish. There remains some tightness here, the implication that this is a Chateau Margaux determined to give long-term pleasure. Therefore, do not be afraid to give it a decade in the cellar. [Neal Martin, 28/09/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2024-2050