1990 Chateau Margaux - Red Blend (3L)

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The 1990 Chateau Margaux has turned into a sensational wine that eclipses both the 1988 and 1989...and then some. It has a gorgeous, ethereal bouquet with sumptuous red berry fruit, leather, camphor and licorice--it is the kind of nose in which you just immerse yourself. Is there a hint of brettanomyces here? If there is, I don't really care.- Neal Martin (10/2016)

A stunner, with a glorious aromatic display of mulled plum, blackberry and cherry notes seamlessly melded with rooibos tea, singed balsa wood and ground vanilla bean accents. The structure is so fine-grained that it's almost hard to find, but the marathonesque length shows it's there. As gorgeous as it is, this remains a hair behind the modern greats in terms of concentration. Still, it should hold at this peak for some time. Awfully close to the '89, but sometimes we have to split hairs.--Non-blind Ch?teau Margaux vertical (December 2013). Drink now through 2025. 25,000 cases made.?-- JM (11/2014)

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