2019 Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  5/26/2024 - xyc wrote:

  Assertive nose grape skin and orchids. Dark blackish purple. A backward mildly over extracted 2019. The lovely ripe fruit and over extraction highlighting cedar and green components explain the differing notes, each taste offers its own sensation. Perhaps, in 5 years, no guaranty.

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  5/22/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Last tasted nearly a year ago, this wine was again decanted through a Vinturi aerator. However, in contrast to my prior tasting 6/27/2023, it was serially sampled over the immediate three hours following decantation, during which time it continued to improve. A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, it still offers an intense aromatic array of cassis, blackberries, licorice, bittersweet chocolate, menthol, espresso, loam and pencil shavings. Deep ruby, full-bodied and with lively acids, it delivers flavors mirroring the nose, hiding its 13.9% alcohol well. The oak and plentiful fine-grained tannins have yet to fully integrate; despite this, the texture of the wine is quite refined for such a young Margaux. Layered on the mid-palate and long on the finish, this is a structured red that will improve with time in the cellar. Enjoy it over the next few decades if your personal longevity allows. Drink 2028-2054.

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  1/30/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  A really classic nose to it of graphite and mineral and black currant character. Dense and very primary right now. Powerful and really good stuff.

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  12/23/2023 - happy712 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted 10 hours. Needed all that time for the full depth of character to come out. Exquisite forest and bell pepper earthy notes of the terroir come together beautifully.

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  10/30/2023 - Everything Ahead wrote:

  Don't understand some of the super high ratings on this vintage of MSE; I have really enjoyed the producer's wine in the past (especially the '14 vintage) but the '19 didn't impress me all that much. It was decanted a few hours and followed over 3 nights. First night it exuded a lot of animalistic reductive (?) funk that I often get with this producer but that blew off eventually to reveal smooth dark red fruits and not much else other than some fancy new oak. A bit over-extracted and oaked. It never got that complex or nuanced, unfortunately, but maybe my bottle was a little off or just super-closed up for business. Not a vintage for me to stock up on when there are wines like, e.g. the '19 Branaire Ducru that blow it out of the water for the same tariff. If I were assigning a numerical rating would be in the upper 80s ...

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