The Return: Château Margaux’s Not-So-Little Brother
Margaux that outperforms its humble price tag by a staggering margin. Margaux, immortalized by its eponymous First Growth château, has historically crafted the most polished Left Bank wines, boasting concentration and weight only matched by its perfumed elegance. While it’s long been customary for a top-vintage Bordeaux in the immediate vicinity of Châteaux Margaux and Palmer to cost a king’s ransom, Château des Eyrins purposely goes against the grain. Their tantalizingly aromatic and indulgent 2020 is a rare, tiny-production Margaux that offers a remarkable window into one of Bordeaux’s most celebrated terroirs, for a fraction of the price its prestigious neighbours command.
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In 2008, power couple Xavier and Julie Gonet-Médeville purchased the estate from a three-generation family of Château Margaux cellar masters. The sale came with just 2.9 hectares spread out over three sites, the largest being a triangular parcel twice bordered by Château Margaux real estate—with Château Palmer just across the street! It’s an extraordinary piece of Margaux terroir, made even more compelling by the estate’s deep connection to the people who spent generations working the cellars of its famous neighbour.
The wine I am offering today comes from the tiny 0.9-hectare parcel surrounded by Margaux and was farmed by the cellar masters of Margaux. Combine that provenance with the epic 2020 vintage and the enthusiasm of the young Gonet-Médevilles, and you have about as authentic a taste of the Left Bank as one could hope for.
And then there’s the price: less than 1/20th that of Château Margaux.
If you’ve ever asked, “How can I drink premium Bordeaux without paying a premium?” this is the answer.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHÂTEAU DES EYRINS ‘LA CLOSERIE DES EYRINS’ MARGAUX 2020
BODY / STYLE / OAK /
Full-bodied / Smooth and silky, floral, fruity, mineral, earthy / Oaked
SWEETNESS / ABV
Extra Dry / 14.5% alc./vol.
CELLARING /
Drink now or cellar
BEST PAIRINGS /
Cured Meat, Red Meat, Steak
TASTING NOTE /
Closerie thunders across your palate, its brawn and immense structure is an homage to the luxurious power that the appellation of Margaux can produce, and it’s on full display in the near-perfect 2020 vintage. The nose erupts with dark-fruited crèmes and liqueurs, freshly picked berries, violets, blackcurrant, cedar box, wet gravel, tar, baking spice, and pipe tobacco with deeper savory components making an encouraging appearance as 1-2 hours pass by in a decanter. This is amazingly accessible right now—firm structure juxtaposed with Margaux polish allows for voluptuous, broad textures to slowly envelop the palate.
DELIVERY /
Complimentary
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THE LOCATION: BORDEAUX, FRANCE
THE PRODUCER: CHÂTEAU DES EYRINS
THE GRAPE: 70% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 27% MERLOT, 3% PETIT VERDOT
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