Wine Tasting 24: 2000 Chateau Martinens, Margaux, Bordeaux

Chateau Martinens is from the famous commune of Margaux in Bordeaux. It belongs to the Cru Bourgeois class. This wine comes from the 'legendary' 2000 vintage of which outstanding wines were produced from both the left bank and right bank. The wine when poured already gave a garnet colour with a hint of brick. The nose was typical of a more simple Bordeaux wine which has red fruits, red currants, tabacco and with some earthiness and woodiness. This medium body wine was slightly more diluted than what I expected of which politically correct writers / die hard Bordeaux drinkers would call it elegant or even feminine! The fruit level was low but the acidity was high in comparison. The mouth feel was a little thin with some soil and damp earth in the background. The tannin present was also a little coarse so coupling with the acidity gave the wine some astringency. The wine when released had such a hype because Wine Spectator awarded it a whooping 91 points. I failed once again to understand why? Although it does have some structure and sourly red fruit, it just doesn't have the depth and complexity. The finish is medium. Drink it up now. (Rating 86-88 points) by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review.

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[sunnybok]

that looks like a very nice sipple to wet my whistle. best place to acquire some wine. ps sounds gross when ur swishing it

[michaelyblam]

Spitting is part of the game for a taster I am afraid! I sometimes taste 80-120 samples in an afternoon at trade tastings and so I spit 95% of the samples in order to stay sober. By the way, I think there are many wines much better tha the Martinens...

[ChateauSiran1986]

My favorite margaux is Château Siran 1996, its really à great wine, good when winter And infront of à fire

[srinivaskari]

could you tell me a great website for everything about wines....from a-z....good for beginners, medium and experts..?.....

[sanook87]

Introduction and tonne of voice is similar to Gary V. of the Wine library TV show. Nice vid micheal

[mandraak84]

Hello, i would appreciate to know if the Martinens 1962 is a good wine ? thanks a lot, regards!

[soulchanter]

and michael..

with many wines much better than this you would be refering to maybe chateau du tetre ? a Margaux from 1995?

[shalvaj]

It's something new in wine-testing to taste from a half-emtied bottle, isn't it? If he oppened that bottle the day before, the wine must definetly had changed it's taste( due to oxidation, especialy if you keep it at low temperature, in afreedge).

[semaj20]

Is the 1982 vintage still worth drinking?