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Château Margaux--Vintage 1983
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MARGAUX Margaux is unique among the communes of the Médoc: it is the farthest south (isolated from its three famous cousins to the north, St.-Estèphe, St.-Julien and Pauillac) and is made up of several non-contiguous parcels of vineyard land. The appellation of Margaux encompasses the village of Margaux, of course, as well as the villages of Cantenac, Soussans, Labarde, and Arsac. Ideally, the limestone, chalk, clay and sand of Margaux combine (especially where gravel dominates, facilitating drainage) to make a fragrant and silky wine. More Margaux properties were included in the famous classification of 1855 than any other commune. Château Margaux has been occupied since at least the 12th century, with the site occupied by a fortified castle known as Lamothe or La Mothe (from motte, a small rise in the land), and wine under names such as "Margou" and "Margous" was known in the 15th-century. With the arrival of the Lestonnac family in the 16th century that wine production became of particular importance, and in the 1570s Pierre de Lestonnac expanded the property and cleared many of the grain fields to make way for vines. Château Margaux--Vintage 1983 Margaux, 1er cru classé Lot 200 level: bottom neck; damp-stained label Lot 201 level: bottom neck; signs of old seepage Lot 202 level: bottom neck or better; protruding cork; lightly bin-soiled label Lot 203 level: bottom neck or better; scuffed and loose label Lot 204 level: bottom neck or better; protruding cork; lightly bin-soiled and nicked label Lot 205 level: bottom neck; signs of old seepage; torn label Lot 206 level: bottom neck; very heavily damp-stained, partially illegible and faded label with paper adhered, vintage visible on label Lots 200-206 in original wooden cases, lot 204 missing lid 1 impériale per lot