Tasted blind at the 2012 Southwold tasting, the 2012 Chateau Margaux has a taut, linear, pencil lead-infused bouquet with pure blackberry and boysenberry scents, an undercurrent of tobacco that surfaces after five minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp acidity, a life-affirming sense of balance with well-integrated new oak towards the finish. I concur with Robert Parker that his has become more structured and masculine in bottle, yet there is pedigree here from start to finish, a sense of effortlessness that is seductive. This is a top-class wine from the late Paul Pontallier and his team. Tasted January 2016.

這款紅葡萄酒口感鮮爽，含果香和花香，以及礦物質(zhì)氣息。濃郁豐滿，結(jié)構(gòu)平衡。橡木味和水果味融為一體，余味中透著石墨和溫和的香料味。品質(zhì)非凡。