Château Margaux Premier Cru Classé, Margaux, 2009

Where the 2010 carries structured grandeur, the 2009 Château Margaux is more openly expressive, more opulent, more immediately seductive. Aromatics of ash, menthol, vanilla, ripe red and black berry, and white flower fill the glass with a perfume of exceptional beauty and complexity. The palate is scintillating and mouth-filling, the tannins rounded and generous, the finish lush and very long. Critics placed this at 97 points on average, and the wine remains one of the most celebrated First Growth expressions of this unforgettable vintage.