Château Margaux, 1990 Port It needs a decade of

It needs a decade of cellaring

Let’s hope the fruit continues to expand and sweeten

austere tannin in the finish (a characteristics I also noticed in cask)

Fleshy and seamless in the mouth

black fruits

Château Margaux, 1990 Port It needs a decade ofA prototype Chteau Margaux that combines power and elegance, this wine which seemed to be sound asleep for nearly a decade, has begun to open over the last several years. Dense ruby purple with a developing yet compellingly ethereal bouquet of sweet black fruits, violets, smoke, camphor and licorice, this medium to full bodied, silky textured wine still tastes like a four or five year old barrel sample, but the aromatics are emerging and the wine has