Chateau Margene Cabernet Sauvignon

So good! Structure in tact, cab flavor abounds, some oak, enough fruit but so dry and on its last legs. Wish I had a few more to drink asap.

Same notes as my 7/23/2022 review, and much improved from a couple years ago (too bad this is the last bottle) - Enjoyable blend of black berries & cherries, plum, vanilla, leather, faint, but enjoyable tannins, and a long, full finish.

Enjoyable blend of black berries & cherries, plum, vanilla, leather, soft, enjoyable, tannins, and a long, full finish.

Similar to last (2020) tasting note.

Black & red berries, cherry, seasonal spice, mild tannins, medium-long finish.

PnP. Much better than the first bottle. Nice color and body with solidly integrated, but refined palate of black fruit and fall spices with medium tannins on the finish.

We have yet to open this bottle. It was shipped to us in the club shipment back in 2012. At that time the producer recommended it be laid down until 2018! Four more years to go.

With a short decant this proved to be too powerful and packed with material. Needs time in cellar to mellow and unwind. The dusty cranberry profile lacks complexity at this time. Hold or decant for 12+ hrs.

Slow ox'ed 3 hrs, then decanted 3 hrs and served with grilled strip steaks. Structured red fruited cab with good concentration and minimal complexity. Pommegranite/red cherry/red raspberry profile with some eucalyptus. Med grain tannins. Well integrated. Drank half the bottle, placed remainder in vacuum bar, then revisited over the next 2 nights. Gained a lot of flesh. Morepronounced fruit... more of a fruit smoothie at this point. Greater intensity and length as well... 30 second finish. Delicious though a bit …

Nice solid cab. Drank over three nights with stops in the vacuum bar in between. Cassis and cranberry palate with some moderate oak and baking spices. Polished mouthfeel, lightly dusty tannins. Structure kept everything well organized. Good wine, not the best QPR though.

The first of 6 from the wine club. A little light on the color and opaqueness with decent legs. PnP tasting sample-nose was cherry with a little red raspberry and a little citrus; palate was the same but unbalanced with not a lot of tannins. PnV the next glass, showing a muted nose of the same, but the palate softened and was better integrated. Decanting for an hour may have helped. Poured half into a 375 ml and recorked. A …

Rock solid, cab fruit and tannins, sans Napa signature, no surprise there. Would not push the 2020 window I see here, drinking well now, fruit will only recede.