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Margaux

Margaux

4 9.2
A region in Bordeaux, France that makes famous red wine
  • proper noun
  • /mɑrˈɡoʊ/
translation icon : Margaux
  • The label reads "Chateau Margaux."
  • Chateau Margaux
  • bottle of Margaux
  • Château Margaux

He drank Chateau Margaux, He ate lobster salad.

Examples

  • Many wine enthusiasts consider Margaux to be the pinnacle of Bordeaux wines.

  • A bottle of Chateau Margaux '66, coming right up.

    Baggage Claim (2013)

  • We'll take another bottle of the Chateau Margaux.

    Promised Land (2012)

  • I brought over a bottle of Chateau Margaux.

    Small Time Crooks (2000)

  • This guy, he's having an '82 Margaux with tuna fish.

    Gun Shy (2000)

  • "You seem particularly troubled tonight, Tony," she said, refilling his glass from a bottle of 1962 Chateau Margaux.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • We're gonna have a bottle of Château Margaux.

    Video Girl (2011)

  • This is... ah, Château Margaux, 1913.

    Curdled (1996)

  • For our anniversary, we opened a bottle of Margaux that we had been saving for a special occasion.

  • The restaurant's wine list featured an exquisite selection, including several varieties of Margaux.

Synonyms

Bordeaux wine
vsMargaux
1 5.3

A wine from Bordeaux, usually red but sometimes white

is narrower and a specific famed area focused mainly on red wines
red Bordeaux
vsMargaux
6.5

A dry red wine from Bordeaux or made in the same style elsewhere

is a famous small area known for top quality red wines
Bordeaux
vsMargaux
5.6

A red or white wine from the Bordeaux region of France sometimes made in the same style elsewhere

is a particular named commune producing high quality red wines

How High-Quality

fine wine
13 3.5
Margaux
4 9.2
table wine
  • US
1 2.9
bum wine
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Surface Forms

Margaux main

Etymology

Margaux is the name of a village in Bordeaux, France, and the red wines made there took the village name. So a Margaux is a wine from that famous place, which helps you remember it as a label of origin.