PAVILLON ROUGE DU CHÂTEAU MARGAUX 2014

Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux 2014

“Layers of black fruits and tight tannins set this wine on a serious road. It has the freshness of the vintage as well as the bright acidity. At the same time it is structured and dense. This second wine of Château Margaux is ripe and ethereal in its lift. Drink from 2024.” – 94/100, Wine Enthusiast

VARIETIES: The Pavillon Rouge blend are classic: 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot
REGION: France / Bordeaux / Médoc / Margaux
AGEING: Fermentation in oak barrels 18 to 24 months
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 30 years
SERVE: Serve at 16 – 18ºC
CRITICS SCORES: 94/WE, 93/JS, 92/WS, 91/RP
VIVINO: Average 4.4 ★★★★✰

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Pavillon Rouge | 2nd wine of | Château Margaux

The production of a second wine probably goes back to the beginning of the XVII century because it is inseparable from the search for excellence which started at that time.

Sold under the name of “Château Margaux 2nd wine”, it took its permanent name of Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux in 1908. After an eclipse between the thirties and the mid-seventies, its production restarted on the arrival of André Mentzelopoulos in 1977 and at first greatly increased in order to improve the quality of the first wine. From the mid – 1990s, the creation of a third wine in its turn, allowed for a more and more rigorous selection for Pavillon Rouge. For a few years now, a third of the harvest has gone into the first wine, barely 30% into the Pavillon Rouge, and the remainder is divided between the third and fourth wines.

The quality of Pavillon Rouge has become very close to that of the first wine because all the plots involved contributed to the blending of Château Margaux not so long ago. Of course there isn’t the same complexity, the same depth, the same “magic” but the flavours are close and the balance in the mouth leads to the same subtle senses of power and softness. In general it is ready to drink a little earlier whilst retaining an excellent potential to age largely beyond 30 or 40 years.