2004 Chateau Margaux from this lot has the following scores - Wine & Spirits Magazine 96 points, Wine Enthusiast 96 points, Decanter 96 points, Vinous 95 points, The Wine Advocate 95 points, Jeannie Cho Lee (formerly Asian Palate) 95 points, Jean-Marc Quarin 95 points, Jeff Leve The Wine Cellar Insider 95 points, Wine Spectator 94 points, John Kapon Vintage Tastings 94 points, John Kapon - Vintage Tastings 94 points. This is the tasting note for 2004 Chateau Margaux from Robert Parker - The 2004 Chateau Margaux has always been a promising wine and here, served blind against the First Growths, it finally proved that patience is necessary when it comes to such wines. It has an exquisite bouquet with brilliant delineation, scents of redcurrant, raspberry coulis, cold stone (almost flint-like) with pencil-lead and cedar lending it a Pauillac-like sense of aristocratic flair. The palate is extremely well balanced with a supple opening, nigh perfect acidity with a surprisingly citric undercurrent that lends so much freshness and tension. While it does not have the weight and power of say, 2000, 2005 or 2009, it cruises along with utmost harmony and you become smitten by its charms - something that is perhaps in short supply among the First Growths in this vintage. This is excellent.