Margaux Vintage:1987 silky Barolo

silky Barolo

Disgorged in 2019 with eight grams per liter dosage

(from vines in the southwest portion of the commune that includes some declassified 1ers from Les Baudes and Fuées)

this finished with moderate bang and pop a couple of hours later

Margaux Vintage:1987 silky BaroloThe 2010 Chteau Margaux performed far better at this horizontal than at Farr's blind tasting a few days later. It has a beguiling bouquet, highly perfumed with crushed violets infusing the blackberry and crushed strawberry scented, hints of pencil box and cedar emerging with time. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins and a fine bead of acidity. There is a wonderful sense of symmetry here with a silky elegant finish that is amazingly