Margaux Vintage:2000 with a layer of tannins

with a layer of tannins gripping the finish

Tasted at the vertical tasting at La Dominique

and regret not having had the chance to taste it from the foudre

Blends power and finesse with a deft hand and finishes very long and sappy

Margaux Vintage:2000 with a layer of tanninsThe 2010 Chteau Margaux performed far better at this horizontal than at Farr's blind tasting a few days later. It has a beguiling bouquet, highly perfumed with crushed violets infusing the blackberry and crushed strawberry scented, hints of pencil box and cedar emerging with time. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. There is a wonderful sense of symmetry here with a silky elegant finish that is amazingly