2003 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, Bordeaux

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2003 Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux, Margaux, BordeauxAlso a stunning wine, the 2003 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux is a sleeper of the vintage. Much fresher and less evolved than I would expect a second wine to be from this vintage, it is a Margaux like effort with a flowery character, good precision and freshness, red and black currant notes, and an attractive, medium bodied, surprisingly concentrated mouthfeel. It is clearly one of the finest second wines made in this vintage. Robert M. Parker,

Lively acidity though

Well balanced to perfection

a little more precocious than the Les Fremiets

I tasted all the wines from tank prior to bottling

The grapes are brought to Beaune

There are several layers here

crunchy red fruits that are so juicy and compelling make you want to drink it from the barrel now

The cuvée spent nine months in mixed oak barrels prior to secondary fermentation

and the finish shows a touch of tannin to maintain structure

Etienne has been working hard to refine the tannins in his wines

culminating in a crisp orchard fruit finale

A strikingly intense wine of finesse and understatement in 2006