The floral notes on the perfume paired with bushels of black, red and blue fruit, licorice and earthy entices you to take a sip. If the nose didn’t grab you, the luscious, silky-textured layers of ripe, vibrant, elegant snd pure fruits should win you over. This is in a great spot and it sells for a song for a Classified Growth at this level. Drink from 2023-2040.

Fragrant blackberries married to moderate vanilla oak on the nose. Then cue an elegant, moderately tannic palate with some real sophistication. What a seductive wine. I love the long clean, dry and mineral finish that makes you sure this has a couple of decades ahead of it, even if it drinks well now.

This is a ripe, juicy wine, showing the improvements at this potentially fine estate. Dense tannins and succulent fruit come together to give a wine that is both structured and complex. The black-currant and berry flavors are underlined with a ripe structure. Drink from 2024.

Another gem from Margaux is the 2015 Marquis De Terme and this supple, full-bodied, concentrated beauty boasts a deep ruby/purple color along with terrific purity in its ripe cassis fruits, violets/spring flowers, obvious minerality, and background oak. Like most 2015s, it’s already beautiful and shows the sweet fruit of the vintage, yet should keep for at least two decades. Tasted twice.

Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Marquis de Terme offers up cassis, black cherries and plums on the nose with touches of garrigue, lavender and Provence herbs. The medium-bodied palate offers great fruit concentration with savory accents and ripe, grainy tannins plus plenty of freshness, finishing earthy. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

The 2015 Marquis de Terme was picked from September 10 to October 1 and matured in 50% new oak. It is a vintage that I have enjoyed in the past, and this bottle compensates for a questionable showing at Southwold. Plenty of blackberry and grilled meat notes appear on the nose, which is powerful with ample delineation and freshness. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. It's linear on the entry with a fine bead of acidity, one of the spiciest vintages in recent years, with a tingle of black pepper on the aftertaste. This 2015 deserves longer in bottle. Tasted at the Marquis de Terme vertical. -- Neal Martin