We have enjoyed a groundswell of enthusiasm around this tiny “cult” Bordeaux property in the last two years. Clearly, our clientele recognizes something extraordinary when they see it. Opening a bottle of Moulin de Tricot is like stepping off a time machine and into the golden era of Bordeaux.
This 3-hectare family estate has been farming all its own fruit and producing Margaux for over 300 years. You simply don’t find growers this small, with so much history, and attention to detail very often; let alone in the elite growing appellation of Margaux. This is a special wine, and a remarkable value in what has become an extremely price-inflated category. Along with neighboring Saint-Julien and Pauillac, Margaux was a defining inspiration behind Cabernet Sauvignon’s conquest of the new world in the 20th century and remains a standard against which other Cabernet-based wines are judged. This 2012 is just hitting its sweet spot—it’s a testament to how in the right vintage, Margaux produces among the most perfumed and elegant wines in Bordeaux.
The 2012 Chateâu Moulin de Tricot Margaux has a dark opaque garnet red core, with slightly lighter garnet reflections on the rim. This wine has had some time to rest and is now alive and breathing fire: Savory aromas of blackcurrant, plum, wet violets, wet tobacco leaf, graphite, cedar, and forest floor erupt from the glass. Moulin de Tricot has produced yet another truly classic and traditionally styled Margaux. This wine is all about elegance, class, finesse and structure; there are no jagged edges or dropped stitches of any kind. It’s a perfectly detailed and sublime wine. The tight-knit layers of tannin, the long and sonorous finish, and the impossible silkiness and luxury on the palate—this is a profound, sophisticated and powerful wine that expresses every once of the legendary Margaux terroir. Please decant for at least one hour before serving at 60 to 65 degrees in large Bordeaux stems.  Cheers.