Château Margaux 1. Cru classé Margaux 1994

This largely forgotten vintage seems to have turned the corner in the last year or two. Because of strict selections made at the top chateaux, the wines always had density, but the level of tannin was frequently too high, and the type of tannin was more green and astringent. Chateau Margaux’s 1994 has always been one of the candidates for the “wine of the vintage.” The wine still has a dense plum/purple color and a big, sweet nose of black fruits intermixed with licorice, camphor, vanilla, and a hint of flowers. The wine is dense and powerful, but the tannins have softened and do not seem as hard and intrusive as they did in the late nineties. This wine will last for decades and hopefully become even more seamless, although it is hard to believe all the tannin will gradually dissipate.
91 +/100 Punkte - Trinken: 2003 - 2025

95: Fassprobe (15/20): Offenes, spontan ansprechendes Fruchtbouquet; sehr rotbeerig, Himbeeren, rote Kirschen, Beaujolais-Charakter. Feingliedriger Gaumen, wirkt leicht tänzerisch, wiederum primäre Fruchtpräsentation, ein leichter Wein, früh trinkreif. 98: Mittleres Purpur. Dumpfes Bouquet, dahinter aber eine schöne Süsse, Preiselbeeren, Himbeeren, braucht Luft. Fülliger Gaumen, viel Charme, wirkt fast süffig, komplex und mit gastronomischem Flair, traumhaft. 16/20
16/20 Punkte - Trinken: bis 2012