Château d’Angludet Margaux 2018

Huge concentration, with smoked spice and fresh acidities, majoring on cassis and blueberry fruits. Unfussy and charming, tannins already supple, this is an enjoyable, early drinking Margaux with crushed rosebud notes as it opens. A high proportion of Petit Verdot in this vintage because they lost lost 70% of the crop to mildew, a particular blow after losing everything to frost in 2017 (it was the first serious frost since 1991, so they were really was taken by surprise although have since invested in various counter-measures). It means they produced 30,000 bottes (usually up to 150,000) from a yield of 10hl/h. 100% French oak (as of 2019 they began to add some amphoras into the ageing mix). Winemaker and co-owner Benjamin Sichel.