Château Margaux 1928

The wines of vintage 1928 were extraordinarily powerful and concentrated from the start, often even harsh and austere, which explains why 1928 was overshadowed by 1929, whose charm was almost immediate.

Château Margaux 1928 is a very great wine, perhaps now superior to 1929 because it has generally kept better. The bottles are more regular, the wine has lost its hardness, but has kept an absolutely extraordinary freshness and richness.

Like 1870 and 1900, Château Margaux 1928 seems to be built for eternity...

History of Château Margaux

A myth standing at the end of a long avenue of plane trees. The majesty of the neo-Palladian style residence (built in 1810), which succeeded an ancient stronghold belonging to great families of the region, has contributed to its fame. The estate was built at the end of the XVI^es., and the vineyard created at the end of the following century by a relative of the Pontacs.

It passed through several hands over the centuries before being acquired in 1977 by André Mentzelopoulos (Felix Potin). Drainage, replanting, integrated cooperage... a vast renovation of the estate was undertaken, in the vineyard, the cellar and the château, and brought the vineyard into the modern era.

The new winery, designed by Norman Foster, was inaugurated in 2015. The 99-hectare vineyard also owes its quality to its exceptional terroir, a vast and superb limestone slab covered with fine gravel.

It has been run since 1980 by Corinne Mentzelopoulos, André's daughter, who was able to count on Paul Pontallier for more than 30 years, who joined the château in 1983 and became director in 1990: a career that unfortunately came to a premature end in March 2016.

An agricultural engineer, Philippe Bascaules, who worked at the château for 20 years before running a large Californian estate, replaced him in 2017.

1982, another mythical vintage for Château Margaux.