12 bottles per lot
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Château Margaux--Vintage 1983
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Dusty labels. Levels: eleven base of neck or better and one top-shoulder
Tasting note: A great vintage; unquestionably the wine of the vintage. It was, as so frequently, exceptionally appealing in cask, vivid purple, with fruit-driven aroma and dramatic taste. I was fortunate enough to taste the wine a dozen times in the 1990s, on several occasions paired with the '82. Although the latter is excellent, the '83's fragrance and finesse puts it ahead. If I were to sum up the '83 Margaux, it would be as follow : a beautiful colour, medium deep and still youthful; the unbeatable Margaux fragrance soaring out of the glass; sweet, soft and rich. It fills the mouth with flavour and seems to last forever. Last tasted Nov. 2000. M.B.
12 bottles per lot
Margaux, 1er cru classé
Dusty labels. Levels: eleven base of neck or better and one top-shoulder
Tasting note: A great vintage; unquestionably the wine of the vintage. It was, as so frequently, exceptionally appealing in cask, vivid purple, with fruit-driven aroma and dramatic taste. I was fortunate enough to taste the wine a dozen times in the 1990s, on several occasions paired with the '82. Although the latter is excellent, the '83's fragrance and finesse puts it ahead. If I were to sum up the '83 Margaux, it would be as follow : a beautiful colour, medium deep and still youthful; the unbeatable Margaux fragrance soaring out of the glass; sweet, soft and rich. It fills the mouth with flavour and seems to last forever. Last tasted Nov. 2000. M.B.
12 bottles per lot