Red Wine from Margaux

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2015 Marquis d'Alesme Becker is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. It has a deep garnet-purple color and a broody, earthy/meaty nose over a core of crushed black...

Vinous, 92 points: The 2014 Siran has a fresh nose with mint, fennel and sage infusing the black fruit. It gains delineation with time, that mint note ebbing away. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin. There is a pleasant...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Marquis d'Alesme Becker leaps from the glass with gregarious notions of plum preserves, crème de cassis and Black Forest cake with hints of potpourri, star anise, menthol and tapenade...

Wine & Spirits, 96 points: Tasted from barrel in 2005 this wine showed the freshness of the vintage in its bright woodland-berry scent before settling into tannins that felt mineral powerful and black. Directeur général Paul Pontallier commented at...

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: The blackcurrant and floral aromas with brick and hot stones are tantalizing. Flowers underneath it all. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins with beautiful ripeness that highlights the palate. Second wine of...

TheWineCellarInsider.com, 100 points: Pure lush, sensual sexy textures leave your speechless. Powerful, yet light on its feet, everything is in balance and harmony Layers of opulent, silky, perfectly ripe fruits end with sensations of sweet, black cherries...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 91 points: Tasted at Chateau Marquis de Terme. Deep garnet core with a light tawny rim. What a wonderful bouquet! Much more cohesive and youthful than the 1990, decayed mulberry fruit, a touch of clove, chestnut, real warmth...

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: Very attractive, ripe dark berries with a meaty edge that delivers a very compelling wine from the outset. Quite plush and elegant tannins with a smooth, juicy and attractive finish that holds long and is saturated in...

97 points: Dark in color, the wine offers a knockout nose of flower, black and deep red fruits, cigar wrapper, espresso, tobacco, smoke and truffle. The wine is concentrated, fat and intense. But it is also balanced, fresh, long...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Very well balanced, this is already a beautiful wine that could almost be drunk now. Smooth tannins and oak are layered with red and black-currant fruits that are perfumed and fresh. The structure is all there, just...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: A huge, powerful, dense wine, which layers pure black fruits over dusty tannins. This is an impressive wine, proof of Rauzan-Ségla's improvements since Chanel took over ownership. It is packed with fruits, like an intense...

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: This is a wine that seduces you with its crushed blackberries and hints of dark chocolate that follow through to a full body and ultra-fine tannins with a tangy fresh finish. Solid as a rock. Best ever from here. Try in 2019.

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: A stunning red with currants, blackberries, roses and violets. Medium to full body, ultra-fine tannins and polish and finesse to the powerful tannins. A real stunner. Better than 2015. Take a serious look at it, beginning...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: A solidly structured wine, it is both elegant and intensely powerful. It is disclosing its fruitiness slowly, at the moment dense and concentrated. A restrained edge provides complexity and balance. It will need aging, so...

jebdunnuck.com, 93 points: 93+ Another top-notch Margaux savvy readers should snatch up is the 2015 Château Marojallia. Which comes from a tiny estate owned by Philippe Porcheron, with the wine made by Muriel Andraud and Jean-Luc Thunevin, with...