1934 Château Margaux, perfection!

1934 Château Margaux;

What a beautiful vintage this is! Mid shoulder fill, garnet all over. Floral from start, pure, violets, leather, more intense, prunes, figs, butter and animal fat, this one quite open from the start. Rich mouth-feel and texture, fresh acidity, ripe tannins that are very well mannered, refreshing, elegant, this is more difficult to describe, but pure comes to mind together with enormous complexity and freshness, fantastic length, minutes after minutes. 98

Broadbent: Fifteen notes. Despite some poor, doubtless badly cellared bottles, my favorite 34. So very Margaux, yet the decay of the 30's noted quite early, even in the mid 50's, certainly by the early 70's. But it soldiers on. More recently at Wagner's first Margaux tasting in 1997: rich, biscuity bouquet- though faisandé. Sweet on the palate , assertive fruit, very tannic. Most recently, richly flavoured bottle. Bouquet very attractive but just misses greatness. 2000 ****

And a few words from Ch. Margaux:

1934 Château Margaux

At last, a very good vintage ! The only one in the 1930s… Château Margaux 1934 is still superb. It displays a deep, dense colour and a fine, fresh, complex bouquet. On the palate, it is powerful and rich with tannins coming to the fore, but drying a little in the finish. The quality of the bottles is now inconsistent, but most of the magnums are very good. It is obviously a wine to drink now, which in the future can only lose the wonderful qualities it has now.