Château Labégorce 2019
Margaux
Bordeaux, France
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2024 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot | |
"The 2019 Château Labégorce is positively brimming with ripe, juicy Margaux character on the nose, lifted by sweet spice and a gentle touch of oak. The palate is typically rich, with dark, dense bramble fruit and black cherry at its core. Warm Asian spices, hints of mocha, and a ripe tannic backbone make it both alluring and a touch challenging at present. Give it a couple of years, however, and it promises to become the finest Labégorce to date—surpassing even the acclaimed 2015 and 2016. Decant it for a couple of hours if you’d like to tuck into it now, but I think it’ll be at it’s peak between 2028-2032."
Gus McLean, September 2025
Critic scores
Critic reviews
William Kelley, April 2022, RobertParker.com
"The 2019 Labégorce is slightly more savory on the nose compared to its peers, blackberry and cedar, hints of meat juice. Slightly animally, but it is not Brettanomyces. The palate is well-balanced with more substance than its peers. Fresh and saline, gently builds in the mouth towards its sappy and satisfying finish. Very fine. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting."
Neal Martin, January 2023, Vinous.com
"The 2019 Labégorce is a rich, heady wine. Succulent black cherry, plum, espresso, licorice, menthol and chocolate are all dialed up. Readers will find an extroverted, lush Margaux. Soft curves and layers of plush fruit add to its considerable immediacy."
Antonio Galloni, February 2022, Vinous.com
"A brilliant wine with heart and personality. This captures so much Left Bank signature, as is often the case with Labégorce. Slate texture, grippy tannins that tug through the palate, holding tight to the brambled blackberry and cassis fruits laced with hawthorn and raspberry leaf. Great quality. 33% new oak. Harvest September 19 to October 12, technical director Marjolaine de Coninck."
Jane Anson, March 2023, JaneAnson.com
"Tasted blind. Very concentrated colour. Very evolved nose. Sweet and ‘pleasant’. Deceptively simple, but not forced, and it does express Margaux. Quite long. Should gain complexity in bottle. "
Jancis Robinson, January 2023, JancisRobinson.com