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Chateau Prieure-Lichine, Margaux, 2014

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France
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No other Margaux estate owns vines in all five of the appellation's communes, which makes Prieure-Lichine an unusually complete portrait of what Margaux actually is. The property began as a Benedictine priory, was scattered after the Revolution, and was pieced back together starting in 1951 by Alexis Lichine, the wine merchant and writer who more or less invented Bordeaux wine tourism by putting up signs inviting visitors in. Today it runs to about 77 hectares across some 150 separate parcels of gravel, sand and clay at modest elevation, vinified plot by plot, and planted roughly half to Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot close behind and a splash of Petit Verdot. The 2014 came from a season that looked doomed until a brilliantly sunny, dry September and October rescued it, ripening Cabernet on the Left Bank and giving wines of freshness and classical proportion rather than sheer power. At just over a decade old this is medium-bodied, perfumed and ready now with an hour in a decanter, though it has several more years of development ahead.

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Antonio Galloni

92 points

"The 2014 Prieuré-Lichine was one of the turn up for the books, surpassing all previous showings. It has a classy bouquet with vibrant red fruit, damp loam, cedar and freshly rolled tobacco aromas. This is almost Saint-Julien in style. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins that frame slightly herbaceous red fruit. It does not have immense depth or concentration, yet it comes across as harmonious and linear. A tingle of black pepper remains on the aftertaste. One of the pleasant surprises of the tasting. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting." —Neal Martin

Decanter

95 points

"The tannins here make their presence felt, but with the pliability and depth of fruit to back them up. Clearly a wine that is going to age well and develop gracefully, with plum and damson fruits, clear oak influence but well crafted, this feels primary and rippling with potential, and really stood out in the Margaux appellation horizontal tasting. This was the first year with the new cellars completed at Prieuré."

Wine Spectator

92 points

"Focused, with a velvety beam of crushed plum and warm cherry notes flowing through the anise- and plum cake-accented finish. A little reliant on toast in the end, but the balance is there."

Wine Enthusiast

93 points

"This is a concentrated wine, packed with tannins and black plum fruits. It has some of the fruity crispness of the vintage although with its dark structure and concentration it is obviously a wine that needs to soften over time. Rich and juicy at the end, it will be ready to drink from 2024." —Roger Voss

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More about Chateau Prieure-Lichine

Prieuré-Lichine is the jigsaw puzzle of Margaux: its vines are scattered across roughly 150 parcels in all five of the appellation's communes, which no other Margaux estate can claim. The wine is a cross-section of the whole appellation.

The name tells the story. This was once the priory of Cantenac, whose monks made wine here for centuries; a growth called Prieuré is on record by 1444. By the middle of the twentieth century mildew, phylloxera and the Depression had shrunk the vineyard to a few hectares. Then in 1951 Alexis Lichine, the Russian-born wine merchant and writer, bought it, added his name in 1953 and spent the rest of his life rebuilding it. He died at the château in 1989, and ten years later his family sold it to the Ballande group.

Today the estate covers around 75 hectares of Garonne gravel over clay, planted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in roughly equal measure with a little Petit Verdot, and certified HVE for its environmental practices. Each parcel is vinified separately, largely in tulip-shaped concrete vats, before aging in French oak with Stéphane Derenoncourt consulting. The house style is Margaux at its most charming: perfumed, supple and silky, with enough structure to age gracefully for a couple of decades.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Other Regional Grapes , Red Blend

  • Vintage

    2014

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast rack of lamb, duck breast with cherries, steak frites, or a mushroom and thyme tart. Also good with washed-rind cheeses.

Tasting Profile

Medium-bodied and fragrant: black raspberry, violets, licorice, cedar and a little woodsmoke. Fine-grained tannins, fresh acidity, and a clean, gently savory finish.

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