Chateau Margaux • Margaux, France
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux is the iconic Cabernet Sauvignon–led second wine of First Growth Château Margaux, draw…Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux is the iconic Cabernet Sauvignon–led second wine of First Growth Château Margaux, drawn from the same great gravel-and-clay-limestone hillock that produces the estate’s Grand Vin in the Margaux appellation.…Learn More »
$225
/750ml
2012 Retail Average
91
/100
2012 Pro Rating
Gentle red and black fruits glide through Pavillon Rouge de Château Margaux 2012, moving from bright cherry and raspberry into deeper plum, cocoa and a faint graphite note, all wrapped in polished, velvety tannins. The style is graceful rather than showy, medium-bodied but surprisingly dense at the core, with a long, poised finish that reveals quiet power beneath the freshness.
Roast lamb with garlic and rosemary; Duck breast with cherry glaze; Gruyère and Comté cheese plate
Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux is the iconic Cabernet Sauvignon–led second wine of First Growth Château Margaux, drawn from the same great gravel-and-clay-limestone hillock that produces the estate’s Grand Vin in the Margaux appellation. Created under its current name in 1908 and dramatically refined since the late 1970s through ever-stricter selection, it is celebrated as one of Bordeaux’s benchmark second wines, typically offering a perfumed, silky, and classically elegant expression of Margaux with fine tannins and notable ageing potentia…