Best Margaux 2022 wines tasted en primeur
Georgie Hindle presents an overview of the 2022 vintage across the Margaux appellation revealing her highest-scoring wines.
Margaux 2022
Average yield:
- Average yield 31.3hl/ha, -21.2% relative to the 10-year average of 39.7hl/ha.
- In 2021 the yield was 38.6hl/ha. An increase of 8% from 2020.
Rainfall during the vintage in mm and % relative to the 10 year average
- Pre-budburst (Nov-March) 380.9mm (-22.8%)
- Véraison to harvest (August-October) 58.5mm (-53.0%).
- Total: 801.7mm (-12.3%)
What you find from the 2022 wines
A firm favourite appellation of mine in 2022 with so many delicious, charming, plush and round wines.
Estates on water retentive terroirs that got harvest dates and vinification temperatures right produced some of the best wines in their respective histories.
It’s clear from yields that the appellation suffered from the heat and drought – especially young vines – and given the size of the appellation there are variances in style and quality, but the best are both incredibly drinkable and ageable.
Both Cabernet and Merlot fared well however and there are plenty of old vines to be found in the blends adding complexity and character.
See tasting notes and scores for all 48 Margaux 2022 wines
Top picks:
- Château Château Margaux
- Château Brane-Cantenac
- Château Rauzan-Ségla
- Château Palmer
- Château Durfort-Vivens
- Château d’Issan
- Château Ferrière
- Château Monbrison
- Château Giscours
- Château Cantenac Brown
- Château Angluet
- Château Labégorce
- Château Marquis d’Alesme
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Château Margaux, Margaux, 1er Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Soft floral aromatics take time to emerge, revealing violets, blackcurrants, tobacco, cedar, and tar. Deep and seductive, layers of scents - violets, blackcurrants, tobacco, liquorice,...
2022
Château MargauxMargaux
Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux, 2ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Crushed velvet smoothness and almost weightless purity. Gorgeous aromatics – wild flowers, bramble fruit and soft cinnamon. Bright berry fruit, salty mineral touches and a...
2022
Château Brane-CantenacMargaux
Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux, 2ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Heady floral aromatics and vibrant black fruit. Gorgeous succulence and energy. It's not shouting, not too high in acidity or too fleshy, but a great...
2022
Château Rauzan-SéglaMargaux
Château Palmer, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Ripe and sweet strawberry and cherry fruit alongside milk chocolate and dried flowers on the nose, this smells so inviting. Fleshy and filling, tannins have...
2022
Château PalmerMargaux
Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux, 2ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Dried herbs, tinderbox, graphite, red cherries and sweet strawberries on the nose. Utterly compelling on the palate - a push of juicy, but also filling...
2022
Château Durfort-VivensMargaux
Château d'Issan, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Wonderfully intense fragrance on the nose - violets, blackcurrants and chocolate. Smooth and silky, almost creamy in texture with bite to the tangy strawberry and...
2022
Château d'IssanMargaux
Château Giscours, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Richly aromatic on the nose - scents of fresh flowers, bramble fruit and cherry stones. Smooth and succulent, a gorgeous texture - silky and glossy...
2022
Château GiscoursMargaux
Château Ferrière, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Gorgeous fragrance of roses and milk chocolate, expressive, alive and inviting. Round and supple, generous flavours of blackcurrant, black cherry and strawberry. Compete and well...
2022
Château FerrièreMargaux
Château Monbrison, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Ripe but fun, this has a nice immediate lift of creamy strawberries and freshly-picked cherries. It's not super acidic, meaning not really bright, but there's...
2022
Château MonbrisonMargaux
Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Ripe and filling, I love the almost instant hit of cool but juicy blue fruits and salty liquorice that expands onto the palate and settles...
2022
Château Cantenac BrownMargaux
Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Really fragrant, you can smell the Petit Verdot with milk chocolate and blackcurrant aromas - open, fresh, appealing, perfumed, generous and lifted. Clean and pure...
2022
Château AngludetMargaux
Château Labégorce, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, 2022
95
Rich and concentrated on the nose with perfumed notes as well as dark fruit and liquorice spice. Smooth but firm, this has weight and density in the mouth with fleshy black fruit, lively acidity and a long finish with chocolate and mint. Still feels fairly serious, this has broad shoulders and a wide frame but with gorgeously pure and juicy fruit. I like the combination of crunchy acidity and plush tannins, it really works. Excellent mid plate vibrancy. A touch of oak gives a bite to the finish but this will settle.
2022
Château LabégorceMargaux
Château Marquis d'Alesme, Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé, Bordeaux, France, 2022
Expressive nose full of chocolate, cherries, roses and liquorice. Quite compact and restrained on the palate, the dark blue and black bramble fruit has a...
2022
Château Marquis d'AlesmeMargaux