Château Margaux - Margaux 1983

Après un printemps très pluvieux, juin a été chaud et sec, créant ainsi d'excellentes conditions pour la floraison. L'été a été chaud et humide, presque tropical, donc difficile sur le plan phytosanitaire. A partir du 10 septembre, s'est installé jusqu'à la fin des vendanges un très beau temps ensoleillé qui a permis aux raisins d'atteindre un excellent niveau de maturité. (Vendanges le 29 septembre)

Wine Advocate

96 / 100

byNeal Martinthe6/2/2009

Poured from a magnum. A similar note to the last Margaux 1983 I encountered (about two hours before at another tasting!) Just that heavenly nose of blackberry, cedar, black plum, a hint of pine cones. Full-bodied, structured palate, blackberry , raspberry, that hint of mudflats out on the Thames Estuary. Wonderful definition and sense of energy on the finish. Exquisite. Drink now-2020+ Tasted October 2008.

Wein Wisser

20 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe2/6/2008

Sattes, dunkles Purpur. Süsses, berauschendes Bouquet, viel Dörrfrüchte, Rauch, Trüffel, Korinthen, Teer, Edelhölzer, katapultartige Aromen, mit einer feinen Karamellnote überzogen. Komplexer, perfekter Gaumen, berauschende Süsse, viel reife Früchte, Edelholznoten, heller Tabak, gebündeltes Finale. Ein perfekter Wein, alle Sinne berauschend, erstmals aus der vollen Reife schöpfend, die Château-Margaux Legende schlechthin.

Wine Advocate

96 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe9/1/1998

The 1983 Margaux is a breathtaking wine. The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes achieved perfect maturity in 1983, and the result is an astonishingly rich, concentrated, atypically powerful and tannic Margaux. The color is dark ruby, the aromas exude ripe cassis fruit, violets, and vanillin oakiness, and the flavors are extremely deep and long on the palate with a clean, incredibly long finish. This full-bodied, powerful wine remains stubbornly backward and at least 5-6 years away from maturity. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2030. Last tasted 9/97 Guide Parker

Wine Advocate

98 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe8/1/1993

This is undoubtedly the "wine of the vintage." Still dark opaque purple/black-colored, with no evolution to its color and no signs of bouquet development, this backward, super-concentrated, powerful and tannic wine needs at least another 10-15 years of cellaring. A classic Margaux, it is loaded with ripe cassis fruit intertwined with flavors of smoky vanillin oak. Full-bodied, with layers of flavor, as well as sensational focus and length, it has barely budged since its early days in cask. This is a wine that should keep for another 35-40 years. Last tasted, 7/93.