Château Durfort-Vivens Margaux 2. Cru Classé 2020 (Bio-Organic) i trækasse

Vinum

Superb aromatic expression, great complexity, berries, herbs, spices. full structure, silky tannins, immense length; also this year of absolute harmony, elegance, finesse and class.

Wine Enthusiast

In this wine, the tannins are velvety, with black fruits that are immensely concentrated. The texture and powerful tannins provide superb foils for the fruit.

Antonio Galloni

The 2020 Durfort-Vivens is a dense, concentrated wine, just as it was en primeur. Blackberry jam, grilled herbs, lavender, menthol and chocolate are some of the many notes that build as the 2020 shows off its breadth and sheer power. Striking inner perfume and sweet aromatics lend an exotic flair that is so distinctive. Superb.

James Suckling

Aromas of blackberries, black olives, lead pencil and blueberries. Full-bodied with very velvety tannins. It’s big and rich for Margaux, but then it tightens at the finish. It will come around with bottle age. One for the cellar.

Markus del Monego MW

Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. A very sophisticated wine with elegant character, aroma reminiscent of ripe blackberries, fresh blackcurrants, blackcurrant spurs, blueberries, aromatic herbs adding freshness to the aroma. In the background subtle oak with discreet spiciness and hints of chargrilled sweet and peppers. On the palate ripe and juicy with freshness and excellent fruit, blackcurrant gelee russe, aromatic herbs and chargrilled red peppers. A very savoury wine with and almost salty minerality, great precision and excellent depth.

Alexandre Ma

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby garnet, purple reflections, opaque core, delicate rim brightening. Nuances of leather, some nougat, black cherries, candied purple fruit, still somewhat restrained, mineral touch. Juicy, elegant, fresh cherries, lively structure, fine fruit sweetness, silky tannins, mineral and long lasting, red berry nuances on the finish, shows length and certain ageing potential, a multi-faceted food companion.

Bettane et Desseauve

Tastingbook.com

Bettane & Desseauve

Robert Parker

The 2020 Durfort Vivens has turned out beautifully, unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark cherries and berries mingled with hints of licorice, baking chocolate and mint. Medium to full-bodied, deep and fleshy, it's layered and concentrated, with lively acids and broad structural shoulders, its generous endowment of powdery tannin asserting itself on the youthfully firm finish. More tightly wound than the extroverted, charming 2019, the 2020 will demand patience, but it's a very strong performance for this estate.

Le Figaro Vin

La Revue du Vin de France

Wine Maniacs

Expressive black fruits, with delicate floral note. A fairly open bouquet, with lots of nuances on the aromatics and continued on the palate. Great density, plentiful fruit concentration, freshness, full of energy, with a lean structure. Already showing some complexity.

Bernard Burthschy

The Drinks Business

Durfort-Vivens – which, over the last five vintages, has risen like a phoenix from the ashes to reclaim, for me at least, its place amongst the top four wines of the appellation. The 2020 is the latest – and the greatest – of five quite simply thrilling wines (that I had the recent pleasure to taste vertically with Gonzague Lurton) ...
This is glorious, opulent, bright incredibly lifted, fresh and floral, and archetypally Margaux. A nose so beautiful you want to keep it forever. It needs a little time to come to life as it gently inhales, but when it does we have a quite brilliant expression of the parfumier’s floral armoury on display – violets, essence of rose petal, saffron, absolu of iris, even a hint of passion flower. This is a beautifully natural wine and the product of a very gentle vinification; it immediately feels composed, relaxed and confident in itself. It is all about purity. A beautiful subtle soft and gentle Cabernet nose with a very pure and sharply focussed, but at the same delicate, bright cassis and raspberry fruit, becoming fuller and more creamy with aeration, with lovely graphite and walnut and hazelnuts notes too. Very open-textured, this feels translucent and sinuous on the palate, with a wonderful light, aerial and diaphanous mouthfeel that is actually unlike any other wine of the appellation. The layers are nicely defined by the almost crumbly tannins and the bright acidity, yet this is a really dynamic wine in the mid-palate and it’s as if the layers weave in and out of one another creating little ripples in the mouth as they do so. Fascinating, unique and truly exceptional in this vintage. A new reference point for the property.

Bernard Burtschy