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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2025 Château Margaux is shaping up to be one of the wines of this young vintage. Dark and layered, almost mysterious in bearing, the 2025 is going to have a lot to say over the coming decades as it grows up. Today, its superb persistence and exceptional balance are the harbingers. Here, too, there's a ton of tannin, but also more than enough fruit and overall density to keep things in balance. 04/2026

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2025 Château Margaux was picked at 22 hl/ha between 10 and 29 September. This year it represents 37% of the total crop, a little down on recent vintages, and was matured in 100% new oak as usual. The first thing that you notice on this Château Margaux is the purity of fruit, a signature of the First Growth but taken to its maximum in this vintage. Perfumed blueberry, crushed violet and iris flower, a touch of iodine and a distant trace of the estuary. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with velvety tannins, fine delineation and poise. There is backbone to this Margaux but it is disguised under the layers of pure blackberry and blueberry fruit, dovetailing into a lightly spiced but very persistent finish. It fans out wonderfully, completing a very alluring wine in the making. This vintage contains 13.8% alcohol. 05/2026

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, the 2025 Château Margaux is a deep, authoritative wine that represents some 37% of the estate's production this year. Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, violets, lilac and pencil shavings, framed by a deft touch of new oak, it's medium- to full-bodied, dense and layered, with a concentrated core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and lively acids. This will certainly require some patience, but it is a prodigious Château Margaux in the making. It checks in at 13.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.72. 04/2026

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

A heavenly, magical wine that has perfection written all over it, the 2025 Château Margaux is based on 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, raised entirely in new barrels. Similar in its gorgeous aromatics to the Pavillon Rouge, it shows cassis, blue fruits, and spice, but with a touch more freshness and floral character. It's absolutely seamless on the palate, with full body, a deep, layered, pure, graceful mouthfeel, velvety, polished tannins, flawless balance, and sensational length. Hitting 13.8% alcohol with a pH of 3.72, they took a chance harvesting very late in September, finishing on the 29th, and it unquestionably paid off. While many of the wines of the vintage are beautiful in their richness and elegance, this hits another level of opulence and depth. It reminds me of the 2009 on the palate and is a legendary Margaux in the making. 05/2026

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur noire. Nez intense, fin et ultra complexe où l'éclat du fruit est spectaculaire. Nuances de fruits noirs, de prune, de vanille, d'épices et de violette. A l'agitation, la puissance aromatique est dingue. Ultra minutieux en entrée de bouche, avec la texture la plus crémeuse jamais vue à château Margaux, un port super élégant, un éclat du goût record et une douceur dans le toucher incroyable, le vin évolue savoureux. Il rajoute en finale une couche d'ampleur ultra délicate, mystérieuse, tant la puissance maitrisée échappe à l'entendement. C'est merveilleux. Assemblage : 89 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 6 % Merlot, 4 % Cabernet Franc, 1 % Petit Verdot. Vin de presse 13 %. Degré d'alcool : 13°8 - pH : 3,72 - IPT : 81 soit légèrement en dessous de 2022 (88) et 2018 (83). Rendement : 22 hl/ha. Sélection : 37 % de la récolte. Dates de vendanges : du 8 au 29 septembre, mais pour les grandes parcelles à partir du 19. Pour la petite histoire, Philippe Bascaules a pris le risque de retarder les vendanges considérant qu'attendre 120 jours entre la floraison et la maturité totale était nécessaire. Il s'engage dans les grandes parcelles à partir du vendredi 19 alors que beaucoup d'autres crus avaient fini le 22 par crainte des jours pluvieux et du botrytis. Il est rare que Château Margaux finisse de vendanger le plus tard. Lui dit simplement qu'il était à l'heure ! 04/2026

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James Suckling

James Suckling

The texture of this wine is exceptional, with black currant, dark plum, chocolate and orange blossom aromas. Full-bodied with round and creamy tannins that fill the mouth and give a caressing texture. Very long and seductive. Gentle at the end. It's lush, velvety and luxurious. 89% cabernet sauvignon, 6% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. 04/2026