Margaux · vintage 2012
The 2012 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 85/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: A late cycle closing with rain gave an uneven vintage: the cabernets hold up, the merlots remain taut.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
Le millésime a donné un vin tout en fraîcheur, en fruit et en finesse. Avec des arômes de fruits rouges acidulés, de cassis et de cerise ; qu’on retrouve également en bouche. La persistance est large. Le vin est structuré, enveloppé, avec des tanins fins. Tout en équilibre et élégance, c’est un très joli classique de Margaux.
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Blend of the 2012 vintage
- 58 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 40 % Merlot
- 2 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2012 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2012 sheet
- 30 yrsVine age
Winemaking
En cuve inox et ciment avec maîtrise des températures.
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Ageing
En barriques pendant 12 mois renouvelées par tiers chaque année.
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Terroir
Graves profondes sur marnes calcaires.
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An offer on Château La Gurgue 2012
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
Texts and documents 2012
The texts below copy in one click for your product sheets, catalogues and social channels. The printable sheet condenses the whole page onto a single A4 page.
Visuals
For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.