In Bond Fine Wine. 1995 Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux, France. First Growth • Red Bordeaux in 12x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2025–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Château Margaux dates back to the 16th century, crowned as a First Growth in the famous 1855 Classification, and has long been regarded as the most graceful and refined of all the great Médoc estates. Renowned worldwide for its silky texture, haunting perfume and effortless elegance, Château Margaux produces wines of extraordinary purity and complexity, layering cassis, violets, cedar and graphite over impossibly fine tannins.
Robert Parker (RP) — 95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 28/02/1998 · Drink 2005-2040
Bottled very late (November, 1997), the 1995 has continued to flesh out, developing into one of the great classics made under the Mentzelopoulos regime. The color is opaque ruby/purple. The nose offers aromas of licorice and sweet smoky new oak intermixed with jammy black fruits, licorice, and minerals. The wine is medium to full-bodied, with extraordinary richness, fabulous equilibrium, and heft…
Neal Martin (NM) — 95/100 · Vinous, 2025-12-02 · Drink 2025-2050
The 1995 Château Margaux is a vintage that I have not tasted for several years. This bottle showed well, even if it was pipped to the post by the 1995 Ducru-Beaucaillou on the night. It has a youthful bouquet with more red fruit than previous bottles, infused with freshly rolled tobacco and pencil box, crushed violet and hints of rose petal. The palate is armed with filigree tannins that frame th…
Neal Martin (NM) — 95/100 · Vinous, 01/07/2018 · Drink 2018-2035
The 1995 Chateau Margaux is a vintage perhaps unfairly over-shadowed by the imperious 1996. That is unfair because the late Paul Pontallier crafted a great First Growth this year. It has a very impressive, quintessential Margaux bouquet that is undimmed after 23 years: black fruit, graphite, crushed violets and a touch of tobacco. If anything it becomes more and more pure with aeration and demons…