2003 Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Community Tasting Notes (185) Avg Score: 91.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Bordeaux_Jon's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/17/2024 - Bordeaux_Jon Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A very successful and tasty 2003 that may outlive some of the first growths. Shows a good combination of red fruit and secondary characters like underbrush, leather, and cigar, this wine benefited from an hour of air. It has plenty of intensity and a long finish, and was a party crowd pleaser! Drink now or hold for 5+ years.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View alamoave's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/30/2023 - alamoave Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Good not great. Seems more acidic than other Margaux wines from the same vintage. No hurry.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View IvanLi's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/22/2023 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 95 Points

  The wine is still singing and there is no decline in the eye sight, yet I see no reason to store it any further.
  This is one gorgeous ripe yet restrained Bdx fully developed yet demonstrating a perfect balance between tertiary notes of leather and cigar box on one hand and perfectly ripe (but not overripe) black and red fruits on the other. Ink, road dust, wet slate and pencil lead provide an extra support just in case you are not convinced.
  Initially I gave it a 94, but in the end added an extra point for the length of finish and the classyness of the flavour profile.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View MikeCW's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/17/2023 - MikeCW wrote: 88 Points

  I don't mind riper Bordeaux but this was too far for me. Very dark in the glass, would have guessed very recent vintage. Just too ripe for my tastes. Reminds me of how I fee about Ridge Pagani, just too much. $33.99 from Premier Cru so I can't complain too much.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Nick72wine's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/27/2023 - Nick72wine wrote: 92 Points

  Had with Yak Tomahawks and wild mushrooms, very nice bottle of Malescot, red fruits, cedar, a hint of pipe tobacco and toast.
  Cassis ,with a hint of red fruit underneath , tannins are polished and nearly all gone, bit uni dimensional but not flat, still lots of fruit and sitting nicely on its plateau.
  Yes its from a hot year but that does not show through in this wine.
  Don't see this getting much better but will keep another 5/10 years for sure.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 185 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.