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:97 Drink :2016 - 2040
The 1986 Chateau Margaux is one of the dark horses of the vintage. It has an exquisite bouquet that is now fully mature, with a mixture of red and black fruit, violets, pastilles and hints of cold stone. It blossoms in the glass, gaining intensity all the time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a more robust Margaux as you would expect given the vintage, clearly with firm backbone, more straight-laced than the 1985 or 1989. Yet there is wonderful delineation and focus here. If you seek strictness and classicism in a wine, then this is the place to come, plus there is superb mineralité and tension on the ferrous finish. Perhaps a little overlooked in recent years, the 1986 Margaux comes highly recommended for those who love the property. This is a wine finally coming of age. Tasted July 2016.
