The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a wine of immense power and finesse, blending rich black fruits with complex spice and floral notes. Full-bodied and muscular, yet agile, it is structured with firm tannins and a long, savory finish. While youthful, this wine shows incredible depth and is set to evolve into a true classic over time. With its combination of strength, elegance, and the legacy of winemaker Paul Pontallier, the 2015 vintage is poised to become a future legend. 

Jamessuckling.com | JS 100
Published: Feb 1, 2018

This is a haunting young wine that shows you a subtle and hidden strength on the nose with rose petals, currants, currant leaves, stones and plums. Wonderful ripeness yet brightness, too. Takes your breath away with the intensity and structure. Full-bodied, powerful and muscular, yet there's an agile undertone to the whole thing. Compact and condensed. A new legend for Margaux. The 1961 that didn’t happen. Try in 2024.

The Wine Advocate | RP 99
Published: Feb 22, 2018
Drink: 2023-2050

The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Medium garnet-purple colored, the nose features oh-so-seductive notes of warm blackberries, cassis and black forest cake with touches of forest floor, sandalwood, anise and cigar boxes plus a waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers taut, muscular, densely packed black fruits and exotic spice flavor layers supported by a very firm backbone of grainy tannins with oodles of freshness and a long, savory finish. It is tightly knit and a little reticent at this very youthful stage; afford it at least 15 years in the cellar, and it will open out into a classic Chateau Margaux of incredible proportions. Readers may be interested to know that this wine is beautifully packaged in a special commemorative bottle honoring winemaker Paul Pontellier, who passed away in 2016. The gold-etched black bottle bears the message, Hommage Paul Pontellier' at the bottom. This 2015 is an achingly beautiful swan song from an incredibly gifted winemaker, taken from us too soon. In my view, this alone makes this vintage more than worth the investment for the many lovers of history in a bottle. 

Decanter | D 98
Published: Future wine legends: Decanter 100-point wines
Drink: 2022-2050

My joint top wine (with Ch Mouton Rothschild) of the vintage. Pure charm: the palate is discreet at the start and then goes on forever , always with the château’s silky texture and fine, firmly structured tannins. This will become a very great wine.
Closure: Natural Cork
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 3% Cabernet Franc 87% Cabernet Sauvignon 8% Merlot 2% Petit Verdot

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 17.5
Published: Mar 25, 2025
Drink: 2026-2050

Tasted blind. Fresh, confident, brisk, notably advanced. Just a tad skinny. But bristling with life. Savoury. Should have a long life despite its early approachability. 

Chateau-margaux.com

2015 was, literally, a historic year at Château Margaux. We celebrated the bicentenary of the Estate's buildings dating from 1815, and the inauguration of the new facilities, designed or reorganized, by Norman Foster. It is easy to imagine how much we dreamed that 2015 would be a great vintage! Without doubt, some of the result is owed to decisions made at the time of blending; only 35% of the harvest went into the first wine, which was a record of severity for a vintage of this standard. As usual, it was the Cabernet Sauvignon in first place with 87% of the blend; in addition to its concentration and finesse, this year it has an unusual vigor and strength. The Merlot has nothing to be ashamed of, at least in the great plots; it makes up 8% of the first wine. Cabernet Franc (3%) and Petit Verdot (2%) also find their place in this select blend, which confirms that great vintages enable all the different grape varieties to express their own character. How can we compare 2015 to its predecessors? It is a thankless task, and a little futile, particularly for the great vintages. There are, of course, similarities, affinities, and also some differences where we do not expect to find them… But we can evoke a combination of the strength of 2005, the flesh of 2009, the subtlety of 2010, and the inimitable charm of Château Margaux. A testimony to the last vintage of Paul Pontallier; a wine comprising all the most beautiful qualities of Château Margaux. For all these reasons, Château Margaux wanted to create a special packaging for the 2015 Grand Vin. A unique case was designed, adorned with a magnificent serigraphy, created specifically for this vintage, is affixed to the glass in place of the traditional label. The vintage, like its unique bottle, seems to have been built for eternity. (October 2018)