Alex Lallos, JJ Buckley, April 2012

65% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 8% petit verdot, and 2% cabernet franc. Vines are planted in 82 hectares of gravel soil, with pockets of sand, gravel, and limestone. The average vine age is 36 years. 28% of the harvest was designated for this year's Pavillon Rouge. Lovely opaque core with a bright purple rim. Sexy aromas of dark chocolate, rose petal, vanilla, blackberry liqueur, and anise. Soft and sensual on the palate with excellent fruit character plus notes of warm vanilla and baking spice. Powerful yet elegant all the way through the broad, luscious finish. Margaux's second wine, this is better than any second I can remember. Beautifully lush and supple from beginning to end. Excellent.

89 -90 points,

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, April 2012

The second wine of first growth Margaux shows some strength with muscular tannins and pretty fruit with hints of flowers and minerals. Slightly hollow in the mid-palate but very pretty.

89 -91 points,

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, April 2012

The Pavillon Rouge is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. It has a very fine, elegant bouquet with blackberry, briary, black olive and a strong mineral content. It is finely focused, but not potent. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp, tensile tannins on the entry and a core of brine-tinged black fruit. It errs towards a more masculine Pavillon than feminine, prioritizes focus over flamboyance with a tightly-wound, citric finish. This is very fine, but it will need two or three years in bottle.

91 -93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2012

The 2011 Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux is one of the finest examples of this cuvee I have ever tasted. It hit 13% natural alcohol and represents only 28% of the harvest. This blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc reveals more structure than most vintages in addition to lots of dark berry fruit intermixed with hints of wood smoke, forest floor and spring flowers. Very pure with striking minerality as well as a long finish, it should drink well for two decades or more.

90 -93 points,

Wine Spectator, April 2012

Combines both silky texture and good tension, with a light chalky thread running through the middle of the almost plush plum and blackberry fruit. There's a bright cassis bush edge as well (telltale of the Petit Verdot component), and overall there's a very suave feel through the finish, with a lingering jasmine edge. Tasted non-blind.-J.M.

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