Château Margaux Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

Ratings on Delectable

Mike Saviage Delectable Pro

Tasted blind. Reddish amber tawny. Translucent. Better color than the 61 Palmer beside it. Herbal nose. Notes of red and black fruit, herbs, earth, gravel. Very refined and perfumed. Guessed 61 Mouton given the herbal profile. A really good but not great Margaux. (M's 60th bday 6th of 14)

Tasted blind. Reddish amber tawny. Translucent. Better color than the 61 Palmer beside it. Herbal nose. Notes of red and black fruit, herbs, earth, gravel. Very refined and perfumed. Guessed 61 Mouton given the herbal profile. A really good but not great Margaux. (M's 60th bday 6th of 14)

9.5

James Parker Huston, CWE Delectable Pro

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

Legend...wait for it...dary!

Legend...wait for it...dary!

9.7

Greg Gregory Delectable Pro

Fake bottle. No vintage on cork. TCA anyway so couldn't tell how it was. A shame.

Fake bottle. No vintage on cork. TCA anyway so couldn't tell how it was. A shame.

8.2

Max Coane Delectable Pro

So fresh. Woah

So fresh. Woah

9.1

Pascal Levensohn Delectable Pro

This was off the charts. I was amazed at the freshness of the fruit in the palate after 53 years!

This was off the charts. I was amazed at the freshness of the fruit in the palate after 53 years!

9.9

Rakan A

What a treat

What a treat

9.5

George Chen Delectable Pro

Lovely bottle but 59 still steps if not leaps better!

Lovely bottle but 59 still steps if not leaps better!

Carol Kellett

I think Margaux are meant to be opened earlier. However, the color is still a pale light red with some browning. The taste isn’t quite there so it is obviously on the downslope, but it’s still drinkable.

I think Margaux are meant to be opened earlier. However, the color is still a pale light red with some browning. The taste isn’t quite there so it is obviously on the downslope, but it’s still drinkable.

9.3

Paul Woolls

Wow. This is humming along So elegant.

Wow. This is humming along So elegant.

9.4

Lewis Chester Delectable Pro

1961 vintage. Medium ruby hue. Wood, earth, cedar wood - not a lot of fruit left. Some smokey notes. Mushroom. Ok the palate, medium body and acidity, medium concentration. There's tannins for sure - touch rough. Medium finish. Not my favourite of the trio of '61 Bordeaux.

1961 vintage. Medium ruby hue. Wood, earth, cedar wood - not a lot of fruit left. Some smokey notes. Mushroom. Ok the palate, medium body and acidity, medium concentration. There's tannins for sure - touch rough. Medium finish. Not my favourite of the trio of '61 Bordeaux.

9.1

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