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One bottle of Chateau Margaux 1949
The level is as expected for a wine of this age and I would describe the level as between mid shoulder and low mid shoulder.
You will see from the image the wine has wonderful clarity.
The capsule is intact and clearly shows the seal if the Chateau on top and the cork appears, from looking through the bottle to be sound.
The label is old but intact and there is also a label from the shipper on the bottle.
This is a very rare wine and one of the greatest post war vintages. Wine searcher gives the 1949 a score of 96/100 and has an average price of £1215.00 per bottle.
Notes on this vintage
1949 is one of the most concentrated vintages of Château Margaux; such tannic power did not appear again until 1961, and then again in 1986. Its colour is stunning, dense, very deep, still youthful. The nose is rich, clean, but does not have the same finesse as other more classic great vintages, such as 1953, 1955 and 1959. The power really comes through on the palate; we can feel just how concentrated the tannins are, and these still give the wine a firmness, even an astringency, which is surprising in a wine of this age. The finish lacks a little smoothness, but generally it is a remarkable wine.(September 2002)
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