Durfort-Vivens Margaux 2022 Pre-Arrival
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96 Points! Rich but very refined and layered, showing spot-on ripeness, the basis for finesse and complexity. Nuanced paprika, minerals, cocoa powder and cigar box with currants and berries. Intense and perfumed, showing fine, dusty tannins and a tight-grained, lengthy finish. Give it three years to soften more, and it will shine. Drink from 2028. - JamesSuckling.com
96 Points! The 2022 Durfort-Vivens is a wild, exotic wine that very much shows the natural opulence of the year. Super-ripe dark red/purplish fruit, pomegranate and sweet spice are front and center. There’s a bit more Merlot in this year’s blend, and that seems to come through in the wine’s overall fruit intensity. The final blend is project to be 70% new oak and 30% amphora, but the sample I tasted was only taken from oak components, as the wine had only been racked into amphora shortly prior to this tasting. Drinking window : 2030-2052 - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media
Claire Villars Lurton and Gonzague Lurton are among those people who are driven by their passion. They both come from great Bordeaux winegrowing families: the Merlaut family and the Lurton family. These two forces of nature proudly took over their family estates in the early 90's: Château Durfort Vivens, 2nd Cru Classé in 1855 in Margaux, Château Ferrière, 3rd Cru Classé in 1855 in Margaux, Château Haut-Bages Libéral, 5th Cru Classé in 1855 in Pauillac and Château La Gurgue in Margaux.
In the Bordeaux world of Grands Crus Classés, Claire and Gonzague are pioneers in organic farming, biodynamics and now in agroecology and agroforestry. Claire and Gonzague, faithful to their deepest values, always search new practices that are adopted to their soils and allow them to reveal the terroir and to produce living wines; in the end, to produce fine wines that matter.
Aroused by the challenge and the property’s potential, Gonzague Lurton asked to inherit Château Durfort-Vivens in 1992. He was driven by the ambition of restoring its rank of Second Growth (Deuxième Grand Cru Classé). He sets himself the further challenge of doing things differently from other Bordeaux châteaux in the 1990s, even if it meant going against what the other renowned estates used to do. In 2009, he began the conversion to biodynamic viticulture. He was convinced that this approach would allow him to rediscover the potential of the terroir that he had always sought. Over the years, the quality of the wines of Château Durfort-Vivens has gained in brilliance and precision.
The 62-hectare vineyard of Durfort-Vivens is located in the Margaux appellation. It was the only Grand Cru classé in 1855 to be both certified organic and biodynamic at the same time. To consolidate the status acquired in 1855, Gonzague and Claire are constantly questioning themselves. This has led to the use of amphorae in the ageing process, so much so that today the Durfort Vivens winery has the largest volume of amphorae in the world.
Blend
84 % Cabernet Sauvignon
16 % Merlot
Alcohol
13.5 % vol.
| Color | Red |
|---|---|
| JS Score | 96 |
| VM Score | 96 |
| RP Score | 93 |
| Grapes | Bordeaux Blend |
| Style | Organic Farming |
| Vintages | 2022 |
| Sizes | 750ml |
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