Château Margaux, Pavillon Blanc, Bordeaux, 2016

Overview of the Wine
Chateau Margaux, a Premier Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux, is one of the most famous wines in the world. Care has been lavished on the property by a line of owners with an abiding concern for the reputation of the estate.

For more than five hundred years, season after season, generations of vineyard-workers, grapeharvesters, cellar-workers, coopers and many other craftsmen have all played a part in making Chateau Margaux what it is today: a wine with an incomparable personality, reflected in the elegant Palladian building which adorns its label. In 1977, the estate was purchased by the late André Mentzelopoulos, and it is now run by his daughter, Corinne Mentzelopoulos.

Winemaker
Corinne Mentzelopoulos

Grape / Blend
55% Sauvignon Blanc, 45% Semillon

Origin
Bordeaux, France

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
The aromas of this wine are complex and very fine. The entry on the palate is really round, pleasant, the prelude to a long and fresh finish, both mineral and fruity. It fits perfectly with the lineage of the latest vintages, perhaps even presenting a little more richness on the palate.

96 Points - James Suckling
The depth and intensity is very beautiful, yet with electrifying acidity that gives this wine energy and excitement. Full to medium body with a fine, dense mid-palate that takes over at the finish. Lots of dried-lemon and fresh-fennel flavors at the end. Exuberant. Drink or hold.

95 Points - Vinous
The 2016 Pavillon Blanc is impressive today. I am especially captivated by the wine's tremendous aromatic presence and overall persistence. In the glass, the 2016 offers an enticing interplay of fruit richness and perfume, with strands of salinity that give the wine shape and energy. Citrus, orchard fruit, and white flowers add the closing shades of nuance.

95 Points - Wine Independent
The 2016 Pavillon Blanc from Chateau Margaux prances with showy scents of fresh pineapples, white peaches, and honeycomb, plus a touch of elderflower. The light to medium-bodied palate has amazing energy for the opulence of the fruit expression, featuring tropical fruit layers and a lively backbone, finishing long and electric.

94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Fully ripe with herbal flavors and a crisp texture, this wine shows the richness that come out of whites in the Médoc. It has a salty edge along with some minerality that gives this rich wine its texture. Drink from 2021.

94 Points - Wine Advocate
The 2016 Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux features fresh grapefruit, white peaches and lemon juice scents springing from the glass, followed by lime leaves, wet pebbles and elderflower plus a touch of honeysuckle. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant and fresh with loads of vivacity and a long, mineral-laced finish.

94 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
Always based on Sauvignon Blanc and brought up in 20% new French oak, the 2016 Pavillon Blanc shows a racy, reductive style that slowly opens up in the glass and shows more and more richness. Beautiful notes of crushed citrus, tart peach, and bright minerality all emerge from this medium-bodied, concentrated white that has high yet integrated acidity, flawless balance, and a great finish. It’s hard to resist, yet I suspect it will keep for decades.

93 Points - Falstaff
Light greenish yellow, silver reflections. Delicate notes of blossom honey, some mango and guava and a mineral touch. Juicy, ripe white tropical fruit on the palate, lively structure with ripe pineapple, a lemony touch on the finish and moderately long. Already accessible.

Product size: 750ml