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:96 Drink: 2022 - 2050
Tasted blind at the 2012 Southwold tasting, the 2012 Château Margaux has a taut, linear, pencil lead-infused bouquet with pure blackberry and boysenberry scents, an undercurrent of tobacco that surfaces after five minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp acidity, a life-affirming sense of balance with well-integrated new oak towards the finish. I concur with Robert Parker that his has become more structured and masculine in bottle, yet there is pedigree here from start to finish, a sense of effortlessness that is seductive. This is a top-class wine from the late Paul Pontallier and his team. Tasted January 2016.
