84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot

Neal Martin: 92, James Suckling: 95

Neal Martin: The 2016 Pavillon Rouge de Ch̢teau Margaux, bottled at the end of June, has a clean, precise bouquet of blackberry, bilberry, notes of violet and a hint of orange pith. It gains intensity in the glass with every swirl. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin and a fine bead of acidity, and it feels linear and compact the moment. Quite saline in the mouth, with a touch of brine toward a finish that is almost broody in style. Very fine, though it might need four to five years to reach its drinking window.