One of the wines I opened to celebrate the end of harvest in Burgundy this year was a bottle of the 1983 Château Margaux, and I was blessed with a perfect cork, something that isn't a given with this vintage. Offering up beautiful aromas of sweet cassis, cigar box, petroleum jelly and violets, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, melted tannins and a long, aromatic finish. Fully mature today, now is a great time to open bottles.

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Pronounced nose intensity with notes of mushroom, earth, spices, toast, charr wood, cooked black fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Tannin had been integrated and smooth. Had similar notes with 1982. Drink it side by side with vintage 1982 and the comparison was that initially the 1983 had a better nose and palate. When 1982 had enough aeration, my personal preference was 1982. There’s more structure and complexity in 1982 as compared to 1983.

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