Bordeaux 2010 – Margaux

I was thoroughly charmed by the Margaux in general – not something that has happened often in my 12 years tasting en primeur in Bordeaux. There was a lovely combination of ripeness and freshness in most of the wines, and a higher proportion of them than ever seemed to express the particular aromatic silkiness of wines from the Margaux commune.

Ch Margaux itself is, as usual, sui generis, and seems to be getting more and more Cabernet-dependent as they wallow in the particular qualities of their old Cabernet vines which...