酒 廠： Chateau Margaux 瑪歌古堡
產 區： Margaux 法國瑪歌區
等 級： 1st Growth 一級酒廠
莊 主： The Mentzelopoulos Family
面 積： 77 公頃
年 產 量：200,000瓶
葡 萄 種：75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc
二 軍 酒：Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux
白 酒：Pavillon Blanc du Chateau Margaux
瑪歌堡是美多克一級酒莊位處最南方的一個，且以地處的地名命名，60-70年代世界經濟蕭條，當時瑪歌堡的莊主也因為財力缺缺，無法好好整頓莊園，酒質已走下坡，直到1977年此莊園賣給了Andre Mentzelopoulos先生，他不惜花下大筆的金錢整頓，並聘請波爾多釀酒大師Emile Peynaud培諾當顧問，次年1978年起瑪歌堡死灰復燃，重回應有的本色，達到一級酒莊的水準。
瑪歌酒以圓潤著稱，是女性朋友的最愛，酒色不像波亞克區這般地深遂，但仍是款濃郁有深度的佳釀。裝瓶前的瑪歌先得經過18-24個月在100%新橡木桶中的醇化期，成熟後的她散發出多層次的黑醋栗果香、香料香、香草香以及橡木香。瑪歌堡的單寧柔滑不澀口，她就像一位溫柔、細緻又高雅的淑女，正待有心人仕的珍愛。
WA:100 Drink :2016 - 2050
The 1996 Chateau Margaux, a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, must be a strong contender for wine of the vintage. It offers everything you desire from this First Growth. It is blessed with breathtaking delineation and freshness on the nose, understated at first and then blossoming with mineral-infused black fruit, hints of blueberry, crushed stone and violet. The palate is perfectly balanced with filigree tannin, perfect acidity, a wine where everything seems to be in its right place. Blackberry, crushed stone at the front of the mouth, just a touch of spice towards the finish that shows supreme control. This is a Margaux that seems to light up the senses. It was outstanding in its youth...something that has not changed one bit over the intervening two decades. This may well turn out to be the Left Bank pinnacle of the 1990s. Tasted July 2016.
