Pavillon rouge - Margaux 2022

Alexandre Ma

93

byAlexandre Mathe3/10/2025

After bottling, Pavillon Rouge has softened significantly compared to its En Primeur stage. During the initial tasting, the interplay of abundant tannins and elevated alcohol presented a slight austerity on the palate, but after aging, it seems to have undergone a complete transformation. Both the clarity of its fruit aromas and the suppleness of its texture have returned to their signature levels. Sweet notes of strawberry, maple syrup, and creamy blackcurrant continue to exude a delightful charm. The rounded body and fine tannins intertwine to create a graceful and delicate palate, performing a lively waltz across the taste buds and effortlessly showcasing its gentle elegance without the need for any embellishment.

Wine Advocate

93

byWilliam Kelleythe3/7/2025

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge has turned out very nicely, offering up expressive aromas of raspberries and mulberries mingled with hints of licorice, anise and spices. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, it's concentrated and structured, with a rich core of fruit underpinned by plenty of sweet, powdery tannin. This is a serious Pavillon Rouge that will reward some patience.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

93

byJane Ansonthe3/7/2025

Fragrant and finessed aromatics on this Pavillon Rouge, that cut through the well-embedded tannins and powerful spice. This has closed down since En Primeur, with a muscular frame and dark fruits, suggesting it has a long way to run. 60% new oak, 25hl/h yield, director Philippe Bascaules.

Jeb DUNNUCK

95

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2025

Bottled in July, the inky-hued 2022 Château Margaux Pavillon Rouge offers a classic nose of ripe black raspberries, cassis, spring flowers, spice oak, and graphite. This leads to a medium to full-bodied Margaux with remarkable purity, a pure, layered, elegant mouthfeel, plenty of tannins, and a great finish.

Vinous

93

byNeal Martinthe2/12/2025

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge was bottled in June 2023. This has a delectable bouquet with pure and delineated red plum, raspberry, wilted rose petal and inkwell scents. The palate is medium-bodied and very harmonious, with fine-grain tannin and a keen line of acidity. It's not deep or powerful, but there is tension throughout.

Jamessuckling.com

96

byJames Sucklingthe2/3/2025

A plush and opulent Pavillon Rouge with plums, boysenberries and hints of cedar and chocolate. Full-bodied, this has lovely powdery tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Juicy and delicious, it's so attractive now that it’s hard not to drink. Second wine of Chateau Margaux. 64% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot, 7% petit verdot and 5% cabernet franc. Best after 2028.

Vinous

94

byAntonio Gallonithe1/28/2025

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge is a rich, ample wine. It is also one of the most opulent, creamy editions of Pavillon Rouge I can remember tasting. Supple and juicy, with tons of mid-palate richness and volume, the 2022 is shockingly intense in its texture. At the same time, the tannins are so polished, with no hard edges or angular contours. In 2022, Pavillon Rouge is a wine of extreme and total pleasure.

Decanter.com

94

byGeorgina Hindlethe5/25/2023

Beautiful vivid colour, bright and intense. Dark chocolate, cherries and subtle perfume on the nose. Bright and lively thought also lean and straight on the palate. A generous weight and intense grip to the tannins. It’s on the tense side, focussed with extreme precision to the fruit profile with racy acidity unpinning the tannins which are at the fore. Feels refined and elegant, more serious than some other second wines in its construction but is classy, juicy, sculpted and softly plush. The fruit has bite and tang, with liquorice and graphite edges and spiced accents giving angles but all enjoyable and really building to the whole. Great freshness and length. 7% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.61pH. 84 IPT - highest IPT, highest before was 2018 which was 82. 15% press wine. 31% production.

Vinous

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byNeal Martinthe5/17/2023

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge, which represents 32% of the production this year, has a highly perfumed nose with wilted violets chaperoning the copious black fruit. Wonderful definition. The palate is medium-bodied with fine boned tannins. Silky smooth and sensual, with a mineral-driven finish, this sashays along in style. One of the few 2022's whose barrel sample is so seductive I could have eloped with it there and then. 14.8% alcohol.

The Vintage Journal

95-96

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2023

Deep colour. Intense graphite cassis dark chocolate wax polish with geosmine/ wet bitumen notes. Beautifully concentrated and voluminous wine with abundant cassis paneforte praline flavours, very attractive wax polish, wood varnish complexity and chocolaty dry textures. Finishes firm with a chocolaty plume. 64% Cabernet Sauvignon 24% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc

matthewjukes.com

18,5

byMatthew Jukesthe5/15/2023

The Wine Independent

93-95

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/15/2023

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux is made from 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs quite a lot of swirling to bring out notes of blackcurrant pastilles, Morello cherries, and preserved plums, followed by hints of dusty soil, cumin seed, and garrigue. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers commendable grace and backbone, with firm grainy tannins and well-knit freshness supporting the muscular black fruits, finishing with a fragrant lift. pH 3.65, TPI 85, alcohol 14.8% - but you don't feel it.

Yvesbeck.wine

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byYves Beckthe5/10/2023

Le bouquet du Pavillon Rouge est subtil et précis. Il affiche d'invitantes nuances de fruits noirs ainsi que de la fraîcheur. Le vin surprend par sa densité en attaque. Il est crémeux, compact et doté de tannins veloutés, parfaitement intégrés. Je relève, surtout, une étonnante énergie, couplée à de la puissance et du tempérament. Le vin brille de son harmonie et pose les jalons. Il annonce le 1er vin avec sérénité !

Bettane & Desseauve

93-94

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/10/2023

Précis et racé, large en bouche en raisin de ses grands merlots tout restant harmonieux. Belle réussite qui profitera de l’élevage pour rayonner encore davantage.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94-96

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/10/2023

You could easily mistake the 2022 Pavillon Rouge De Margaux for the Grand Vin here, and truth be told, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this actually evolve better than some of the Grand Vins from just over 10-15 years ago. A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot (the second wine got all the Petit Verdot in 2022), it offers a deep, medium to full-bodied, seamless profile as well as solid framboise, darker raspberry, currants, sandalwood, and spice aromatics, silky tannins, and outstanding length. The purity and precision paired with this level of texture and richness far exceeds the vast majority of second wines out there.

Vinous

92-94

byAntonio Gallonithe5/9/2023

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge is a rich, sumptuous wine. A burst of red/purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender and blood orange makes a strong opening, followed by unexpectedly bright, saline notes that bring it all together on the mid-palate and finish. The Pavillon Rouge is an eye-opening wine that embodies the style of the year so eloquently. I especially admire the vibrancy here. The purity of the flavors and quality of the tannins really elevate the 2022. Drinking window : 2028-2042

Wine Advocate

92-94

byWilliam Kelleythe5/2/2023

The 2022 Pavillon Rouge is deep and perfumed, wafting from the glass with notions of cherries, raspberry preserve, lilac, violets and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated palate that's deep, rich and vibrant, with a tannic grain that resembles the grand vin this year. It represents just under a third of the estate's production.

Jamessuckling.com

94-95

byJames Sucklingthe4/19/2023

Rich and dense with lots of fruit and juiciness. Redcurrants, black berries, strawberries and orange peel on the nose. Full and layered with fine, velvety tannins and a juicy finish. Big presence.