<h3 style="text-align: center">Scroll down to see Jane Anson's Margaux 2018 top scorers</h3> <h3 style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/bordeaux-2018-in-bottle-full-overview-plus-top-scoring-wines-451158/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>See the full Bordeaux 2018 report here</strong></a></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center">See individual appellation overviews for:</h3> <h3 style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-st-estephe-2018-wines-re-tasted-in-bottle-451166/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">St-Estèphe</a>, <a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-pauillac-2018-wines-re-tasted-in-bottle-451164/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pauillac</a>, <a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-st-julien-2018-wines-re-tasted-in-bottle-451163/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">St-Julien</a>, <a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-medoc-2018-wines-re-tasted-in-bottle-451167/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Listrac, Moulis</a> and <a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-pessac-leognan-graves-2018-wines-re-tasted-in-bottle-451168/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pessac-Léognan & Graves</a></h3> <hr /> [subscriber-content]Summer in 2018 was the hottest in Margaux since 2003 and this was the appellation that I felt had the most issues over ageing in barrel. It is definitely a broad-shouldered, concentrated vintage in Margaux. Having said that, there were many gourmet wines that will find happy homes - coffee and cocoa were flavours that I kept coming back to. Those who carefully monitored extraction during maceration and ageing delivered brilliant bottles. My highlighted wines include Palmer, d'Issan and Rauzan-Ségla, while Château Margaux itself was also a notable success across all three of its wines. Second wines as a whole suffered more than the main estate bottlings in the Margaux appellation, and I would tread more carefully here. <strong>Two top names to look out for</strong>: <ul> <li>Château Palmer</li> <li>Château Cantenac Brown</li> </ul> <strong>Two value picks</strong>: <ul> <li>Château Deyrem Valentin</li> <li>Château Grand Tayac</li> </ul> [/subscriber-content] <hr /> <h2 style="text-align: left">See Jane Anson's top-scoring Margaux 2018 wines</h2> [wine-collection] <h3 style="text-align: center"></h3> <hr /> <h3 style="text-align: center"><strong>You might also like: </strong></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center"><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/bordeaux-2018-in-bottle-full-overview-plus-top-scoring-wines-451158/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Full report on Bordeaux 2018 in the bottle</a></strong></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center"><strong><a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-bordeaux-left-bank-2018-wines-in-bottle-451159/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Top Bordeaux 2018 Left Bank wines in the bottle</a></strong></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.decanter.com/premium/top-bordeaux-right-bank-2018-wines-report-451160/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Top Bordeaux 2018 Right Bank wines report</a></h3>
