In Bond Fine Wine. 2015 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux, France. Second wine • Red Bordeaux in 12x75cl. Top critic score: 90–93/100 (AG). Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 94/100 · -, 30/11/2017 · Drink 2022-2042
The second wine of the estate is the 2015 Pavillon Rouge and its 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc raised in 60% new French oak. It's a sensational wine in its own right, offering smokin' good notes of creme de cassis, blueberries, toasted spices and ample minerality. Rich, full-bodied, opulent and concentrated with notable tannin, give bottles 4-5 years an…
Albany Vintners (AV) — 94–96/100 · -, 27/04/2016
74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc, representing just 23% of the crop (production levels have been halved since 2009 with 43% declassified). Beautiful purity in the nose, with crushed petals and blue-black fruit. Delicate and refined in the palate with wonderful fruit, cherries, berries, mocha, and minerals. Beautiful harmony and quality of tannins with chocola…
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 92/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 21/02/2018 · Drink 2019-2039
Blended of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux has a medium to deep garnet-purple color and an expressive, alluringly spicy nose of cloves, cinnamon stick and fenugreek with a core of red and black currants, black cherries and wild blueberries plus a waft of pencil shavings. Medium to full-bodied with very fine, gra…