I have had a few bottles from the 2015 Bordeaux vintage and
they have been very good; which bodes well for the vintage. For what I’ve been
able to gather is that the vintage is fantastic and the main worries are that
there may be the tendency for the wines to be over extracted or very powerful
to say the least. But that was said about the 2003 and 2005, the better vintage.
Seek out your favorites for 2015 as they arrive in stores.
One wine is hitting 100 points on most tasting reports and
that’s the great Chateau Margaux and it will come in a commemorative. What
started as $500 a bottle has quickly grown to up $1000 a bottle and waiting
lists…
Château Margaux 2015 will come in a black bottle with
writing and a design of the estate in gold. Margaux communicated that it was
the first time it had ever commissioned a one-off design for its grand vin for any
vintage. So, it’s becoming a real keeper.
It is a mark of estate owner Corinne Mentzelopoulos’ respect
for Paul Pontallier, who joined Margaux in 1983 and became Managing Director in
1990. He passed away and was a very close friend and was credited with steering
the wine in the last decade. Together, they have been praised for significantly
modernizing and improving the winemaking.
Bordeaux 2015 was Pontallier’s final vintage at Margaux. He
died of cancer in March 2016, one week before the beginning of en primeur week
for the widely praised 2015 vintage; not seeing the 100 point accolades. The
bottle is now in his honor.
