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Auction archive: Lot number 24

Château Margaux--Vintage 1985

Fine Wines
17 Nov 2009
Estimate
CHF3,800 - CHF4,200
ca. US$3,751 - US$4,146
Price realised:
CHF4,830
ca. US$4,768
Auction archive: Lot number 24

Château Margaux--Vintage 1985

Fine Wines
17 Nov 2009
Estimate
CHF3,800 - CHF4,200
ca. US$3,751 - US$4,146
Price realised:
CHF4,830
ca. US$4,768
Beschreibung:

Château Margaux--Vintage 1985
12 bottles per lot
Château Margaux--Vintage 1985 Margaux, 1er cru classé Lot 22 has one slightly stained label, otherwise perfect appearance Tasting note: While not as powerful and concentrated as the 1986, 1983, or 1982, the 1985 Margaux is more charming and, at present, more complex than those more backward vintages. The color is a healthy dark ruby/purple. The seductive nose offers copious quantities of lavishly ripe black berry and cassis fruit intermixed with toasty oak and floral scents. This rich, expansive, and velvety-textured wine has developed more length, and additional flavor dimensions over the last several years. It has always been a remarkably approachable and enjoyable wine, but it appears to be taking on more character and quality than I ever imagined. It is one of the most delicious and seductively opulent Margauxs of the last two decades. I consistently underestimated this wine when young. It gets better every time I re-taste it, which happens with increasing frequency. 94 points. Robert Parker Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition # B1 (Jan 1998) 12 bottles per lot

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
17 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
17 November 2009, Geneva
Beschreibung:

Château Margaux--Vintage 1985
12 bottles per lot
Château Margaux--Vintage 1985 Margaux, 1er cru classé Lot 22 has one slightly stained label, otherwise perfect appearance Tasting note: While not as powerful and concentrated as the 1986, 1983, or 1982, the 1985 Margaux is more charming and, at present, more complex than those more backward vintages. The color is a healthy dark ruby/purple. The seductive nose offers copious quantities of lavishly ripe black berry and cassis fruit intermixed with toasty oak and floral scents. This rich, expansive, and velvety-textured wine has developed more length, and additional flavor dimensions over the last several years. It has always been a remarkably approachable and enjoyable wine, but it appears to be taking on more character and quality than I ever imagined. It is one of the most delicious and seductively opulent Margauxs of the last two decades. I consistently underestimated this wine when young. It gets better every time I re-taste it, which happens with increasing frequency. 94 points. Robert Parker Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition # B1 (Jan 1998) 12 bottles per lot

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
17 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
17 November 2009, Geneva
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