Appellations

Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux (2nd wine of Ch Margaux) 2024

Margaux, Second wine

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Tasting Notes

The 2024 Pavillon Rouge is a very pretty wine that represents 28% of the château's production. Intensely floral and medium in body, the 2024 is quite gracious. Spice, crushed flowers and bright red-toned fruit are nicely delineated in a mid-weight, classy Pavillon. The blend is very much Cabernet Sauvignon-driven, as the Merlot suffered more.

Score: 89 - 91 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2039 Date: 29 April 2025

High floral aromatics on the nose, marked by peony, white roses, lilac, chalky tannins, lovely purity of expression, complex aromatics that reflect berry fruits that are ripe without being heavy, with focus and precision. 3.62ph, 12.5% press wine, 30hl/h yield after sorting. Harvest September 23 to October 8. Less Merlot than usual both in Pavillon and in Margaux, and more Cabernet Franc (9%) in this, as a result of plantings a decade ago.

Score: 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2029-2040 Date: 23 April 2025

Incorporating more Cabernet Franc (as recent plantings mature) and more Cabernet Sauvignon than usual, the 2024 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux unwinds in the glass with aromas of sweet cassis, red berries, vanilla pod and violets, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and lively palate with good density, powdery tannins and lively acids. It checks in at 12.9% alcohol.

Score: 90 - 93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 23 April 2025