Margaux - 1983 (750ml) Size:750ml black currant paste and espresso

black currant paste and espresso notes all woven together

Producer note: As has been detailed in these pages before

with some Cabernet Sauvignon and a small amount of Cabernet Franc also included

I think these are the finest wines that I have ever tasted from Robert Craig Cellars

palate staining finish

Margaux - 1983 (750ml) Size:750ml black currant paste and espressoThis is undoubtedly the wine of the vintage. Still dark opaque purple black colored, with no evolution to its color and no signs of bouquet development, this backward, super concentrated, powerful and tannic wine needs at least another 10 15 years of cellaring. A classic Margaux, it is loaded with ripe cassis fruit intertwined with flavors of smoky vanillin oak. Full bodied, with layers of flavor, as well as sensational focus and length, it has barely