WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 806; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 868. The average score for Château Margaux is 906, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Margaux they use words like Fruit, Tannins, Concentrated, Full, Flowers, Cassis, Long, Fine, Purple, Tannin, Sweet, Pure, Black, Elegant, Dark. The 2001 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Margaux: Packed, Brisk, Vigorous, Meaty, Luscious, Textbook, Supremely, Summer, Splendid, Vivacious. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.95%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2001 (13% vs 12.78%). The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Château Margaux around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 19 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2009; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Pichon-Lalande 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Margaux 2001
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-26 |
gbp |
300 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
388 |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
428 |