Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux 2018, Margaux

Pavillon Rouge is one of Bordeaux’s historic second wines. It took its permanent name in 1908, disappeared for decades, and returned in 1977 with the Mentzelopoulos era as part of a broader push to raise the quality of the grand vin through stricter selection.

In 2018, Pavillon Rouge is a reminder that a second wine from a First Growth is not about compromise. It is about precision in selection, and about offering a different access point to an estate whose first wine is built on a much longer timeline.