Norman Foster is latest to work on a storied wine estate and his client is honoring him in a very special way. For the first time in its history, and for this year only, Château Margaux wanted to create a special bottle for its Grand Vin 2015, broking tradition and released a sleek new bottle design, with a magnificent silk-screen print, specially conceived for this vintage, affixed to the glass in place of the usual labels, a new bottle design featuring the British architect’s modern building etched in silver.
If you happen to be a wine-loving fan of Lord Foster's œuvre and are considering to add the redisegned bottle for the 2015 Grand Vin of Château Margaux to your collection, be prepared because a 750 ml-bottle is currently selling for upwards of $1,300 in the USA. The redesign for the 2015 Grand Vin is the first in Château Margaux’s 500-year history.
If you happen to be a wine-loving fan of Lord Foster's œuvre and are considering to add the redisegned bottle for the 2015 Grand Vin of Château Margaux to your collection, be prepared because a 750 ml-bottle is currently selling for upwards of $1,300 in the USA. The redesign for the 2015 Grand Vin is the first in Château Margaux’s 500-year history.
Grand Vin 2015 is exceptional in three respects. Exceptional for the quality of this vintage which benefited from perfect weather conditions, features of the very great years like 2005, 2009 and 2010. Exceptional also for its historical importance since it arrived to celebrate 2 centuries of architecture and the inauguration of their new buildings designed by Lord Norman Foster. Exceptional, finally, because it is Paul Pontallier’s last vintage, and it is our desire to pay tribute to him. Therefore, the Château Margaux 2015 bottles have been decorated with a magnificent silk-screen print, specially conceived for this vintage, affixed to the glass in place of the usual labels. By means of this unique bottle we wish to immortalise the 2015 vintage which seems to have been created for eternity and which will remain a fantastic vintage for all of us, tinged with very special emotion.
In 2015, Foster unveiled the modern additions to the Neo-Palladian estate nicknamed “Versailles of the Médoc.” Château Margaux’s mother-daughter owners Corinne Mentzelopoulos and Alexandra Petit-Mentzelopoulos were attracted to Foster’s tempered modernism, which to them, evoked the contemporary winemaking style they’ve been championing lately.
“As a lover of wine there is only one Château Margaux—it is a hallowed label. This design has been inspired by the character of the existing estate,” explained Foster, noting work of architect Guy-Louis Combes in 1815. “At first glance there does not appear to be a new building. This is deliberate and it is only on closer inspection that the new addition is revealed.”
“As a lover of wine there is only one Château Margaux—it is a hallowed label. This design has been inspired by the character of the existing estate,” explained Foster, noting work of architect Guy-Louis Combes in 1815. “At first glance there does not appear to be a new building. This is deliberate and it is only on closer inspection that the new addition is revealed.”
