JAMES SUCKLING: "The purity of cabernet sauvignon fruit is what impresses here. Subtle and energetic plum and currant aromas follow through to a gorgeously harmonized palate of wonderful fruit and an ultra-long finish. Current bush and light earth adds to the complexity. Lasts for minutes. Drink in 2022."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2014 Château Margaux represents 36% of the year's total production and is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Affording the glass five to ten minutes to open, the aromatics are very similar to those expressed out of barrel, those dark cherries and violets, tightly wound at first but unfurling beautifully and seemingly with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin and it appears to have fomented a little more finesse during its élevage. There is wonderful mineral tension and dash of spiciness on the persistent finish. There remains some tightness here, the implication that this is a Château Margaux determined to give long-term pleasure. Therefore, do not be afraid to give it a decade in the cellar."

FALSTAFF: "Sehr intensiv und komplex nach Cassis, Thymian, auch etwas Erdig-Würziges in der Frucht, eine Spur Hefe, karamelltöniges Holz. Am Gaumen mit einer ziemlich perfekten Extraktion: Der viskose Rahmen ist gefüllt mit mürbem, gleichzeitig festem und gut Saft freigebendem Gerbstoff, wodurch sowohl die Viskosität als auch der Tannindruck diskreter erscheinen, als sie sind. Gut eingebundene Säure, homogener Fluss, im Finish allerdings (momentan) recht mittelgewichtig."