1998 Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  10/1/2023 - hosscrow Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This wine reminds me why I fell in love with Bordeaux in the first place. Classic. Elegent. Complex. As the color moves to the center, a layer of intense garnet gathers around a clear rim. A highly aromatic nose-exotic with spicy incense as the first impression, so inviting. the blue fruit and red fruit have evolved into a combination of leather and cedar box and stones, but also difficult to describe and delicious smelling. The tannins have softenedan d melded with the vanilla in the oak leaving the tang of dried fruit. The balanced but moderate finish seems to end abruptly but then reemerges in a minute or so. Fascinating.

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  4/23/2021 - randyjc wrote: 93 Points

  This wine way has become a dramatic over-performer. Four years ago I thought its best days were gone. Not so. Gorgeous Bordeaux nose - dusty leather, cigar box, cassis and spice. Unmistakably Bordeaux. Beautifully balanced wine - old wood, cassis, red plum and a lively spiciness carried by lively acidity, making for a lengthy finish that shuts down late with a lovely tannic feel. Drank alongside 1999 Monte Bello and that was fun - both wines blind for my tasting partner. He ultimately got there - though thought the wine was Pauilliac, not Margaux. A reasonable conclusion and a fun, engaging wine.

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  9/20/2020 - randyjc wrote: 93 Points

  I wrote a note 3 years ago saying that the wine's best years were behind it, though I still enjoyed the nose. I also pointed out that on teh third day, the wine was gorgeous. Well, The nose is still there - that unmistakably beautiful, enticing old Bordeaux nose of dirt, leather and cigar box. The wine was now a beauty after six hours in the decanter. Soft and lush - earth, leather, cassis. Some red plum. Lovely finish. Really good.

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  2/15/2020 - brianfrederiksen@mail.dk Likes this wine:

  The last of 12, perfect balance between fruit and tartaric - has never been better ....

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  10/9/2018 - sinkerinthedirt Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Leather and flint nose. Needed a great deal of time to open, after 4 hours could taste a difference.

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