Chateau Margaux - Pavillon Blanc 2016

ANTONIO GALLONI:"The 2016 Pavillon Blanc is impressive today. I am especially captivated by the wine's tremendous aromatic presence and overall persistence. In the glass, the 2016 offers an enticing interplay of fruit richness and perfume, with strands of salinity that give the wine shape and energy. Citrus, orchard fruit and white flowers add the closing shades of nuance."

DECANTER:"Pavillon Blanc has become more elegant. A refined 100% Sauvignon Blanc, with strong herbal notes, waxy tropical fruit and jasmine flowers on the nose."

FALSTAFF:"Helles Grüngelb, Silberreflexe. Zart nach Blütenhonig, etwas Mango und Guaven, mineralischer Touch. Saftig, reife weiße Tropenfrucht, lebendig strukturiert, reife Ananas, dezente Fruchtsüße, zitroniger Touch im Nachhall, bereits zugänglich, mittlere Länge."

JAMES SUCKLING:"The depth and intensity is very beautiful, yet with electrifying acidity that gives this wine energy and excitement. Full to medium body with a fine, dense mid-palate that takes over at the finish. Lots of dried-lemon and fresh-fennel flavors at the end. Exuberant. Drink or hold."

JEB DUNNUCK:"Always based on Sauvignon Blanc and brought up in 20% new French oak, the 2016 Pavillon Blanc shows a racy, reductive style that slowly opens up in the glass and shows more and more richness. Beautiful notes of crushed citrus, tart peach, and bright minerality all emerge from this medium-bodied, concentrated white that has high yet integrated acidity, flawless balance, and a great finish. It’s hard to resist, yet I suspect it will keep for decades."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER:"Just squeezed lemons, hints of flowers, tropical accents, green apple and a few drops of honey make this a delicious, round, sweet, fresh, character driven."

THE WINEADVOCATE:"The 2016 Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux features fresh grapefruit, white peaches and lemon juice scents springing from the glass, followed by lime leaves, wet pebbles and elderflower plus a touch of honeysuckle. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant and fresh with loads of vivacity and a long, mineral-laced finish."

WEINWISSER:"100 % Sauvignon Blanc. Helles Grüngelb. Herrliches, eindringliches Bouquet nach Nektarine und Pomelo, dahinter Mandarine, Minze und Grapefruitfleisch. Am schlanken, eleganten Gaumen mit weissem Pfeffer und Gänseblümchen im feinmineralischen Finale. Da passt einfach alles!"

WINE ENTHUSIAST:"While it is certainly rich, this 100% Sauvignon Blanc also has great swathes of crisp fruit. Notes of spice and toast are already finely in balance. It is beautiful and harmonious, full of tropical fruits as well as a zesty aftertaste."

WINESPECTATOR:"Features bracing hints of lemon pith, chalk, thyme and fleur de sel, but leans toward the plumper side in the end, with delicious shortbread and yellow apple notes stretching out through the finish. Shows remarkable purity and serious length. Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now through 2028."