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1982 Château Sociando-Mallet |
| Vintage | 1982 |  Label 1 of 13   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Sociando-Mallet (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Haut-Médoc |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 19 notes) | |
| Tasted by rosenst1 on 6/7/2009 & rated 90 points: Found this half bottle lurking behind some other tenths. Decided it was past time to open. Cork was excellent; wet a little more than half way up but not loose. Let sit for an hour or so open before pouring; the aroma from the bottle itself was lovely. Color is ruby red with some bricking on the edge. Lovely cabernet based flavors on the palate with little tannin to resolve, texture is quite smooth with only a little drying to mar the palate. Quite excellent at 27 in a half bottle. (707 views) | |
| Tasted by tbabes on 3/27/2009 & rated 93 points: The fill was base neck, and though the cork was saturated to the halfway mark, it came out easily enough -- and in one piece! A ruby-red core turning to garnet at the edge. Aromas of ripe dark fruits, earth, pencil shavings and leather. Great concentration, with a bit of velvet on the mid-palate; has the balance and structure to last for many years. Drinking wonderfully at present (992 views) | |
| Tasted by grapist on 7/6/2008: Dissappointing. Not up to 92-95 of previous bottles. Certainly not bad, but very unremarkable. Opened for about an hour (at restaurant) but did not decant. This is from a different purchase than previous. Labels are tatty, so storage likely to have been imperfect. (1166 views) | |
| Tasted by mywines on 4/19/2008 & rated 90 points: Open two bottles at party, cellared since 1985. Still an excellent wine with nice bouquet and good fruit! (1418 views) | |
| Tasted by Richard Jennings on 12/6/2007 & rated 91 points: '82 Cali Cabs vs. Bordeaux blindtasted (Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA): Group's #1 (my #1) – 28 pts; 2 firsts, 5 seconds, 2 thirds, 0 last places – dark red violet color; solid earthy beef nose with some camphor and VA; higher pitched, focused, mature, tart red fruit and ripe black cherry palate; tangy medium finish (882 views) | |
| Tasted by thebonnydooner on 11/25/2007 & rated 90 points: This did not have the best fill - high shoulder. Still dark plum with only a little bricking at the rim. Nose was still fresh, hints of currant and plum with mature notes of tobacco and leaves. A nice core of sweet currant fruit, but beginning to show a little too much acidity, decent finish, full of complexity and mature nuances. I'm thinking that this bottle was a little over the edge, but still delicious and very interesting. (2012 views) | |
| Tasted by ruffsurf on 6/23/2007 & rated 92 points: Wow. Pure intense dark fruit. Brooding and ever-lasting finish. Terrific mouth feel. The kind of special wine that stays with you the morning after. As for stucture...after taking possession in '85 and storing at 59 degrees ever since, this one has the structure to keep on pleasing for years. Who need classified growths? Or is it just that '82 was that good? (2319 views) | |
| Tasted by Russell Faulkner on 5/16/2007 & rated 89 points: A few 1982 Bordeaux Notes: Obvious move to the left bank... Cedar and smoky ripe fruit, all present and correct but not special, short astringent tannin on finish. Prefer the 1985 and 1986. (2781 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 4/19/2007: 1982 Bordeaux Horizontal offline (Park Avenue Cafe, NYC): Dense, sweet. Some lingering tannins. Nicely built, some green acidic notes. Still young. A pleasure. A- (2755 views) | |
| Tasted by joshbryer on 4/12/2006: Digging through old written tasting notes, found this that I hadn't entered yet....Fantastic Bottle, deep ruby in color with very light bricking. Giving nose of gunsmoke, leather earth and dark fruits. Great weight weight flavors of flint, earth and wonderfully ripe, mature fruit. Great bottle, many years ahead. (196 views) | |
| Tasted by GreenDrazi on 3/28/2006 & rated 85 points: Atlanta Vielles Vignes – Bone’s and Cabs (Bone's Restaurant, Atlanta, GA): Quiet and slightly turned on the nose. Dark cassis and cherry in an amazing layer of oh-so-soft, supple, and smooth tannins. Flavors are finely integrated, but have a slight vinegar edge that I couldn’t shake off. This bottle was past its prime. (4588 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 3/10/2006: Wonderfully mature, mellow, smooth, but vibrant. Telltale chunkiness of Sociando. Very much ready to drink, but will hold for a while. Excellent. A- (2146 views) | |
| Tasted by grapist on 1/22/2006 & rated 93 points: Fill level and extracted cork looked like they came from a new bottle. The wine showed no sign of being past its time. The color was bright and deep red to the edge. The nose was rich with both floral and earth tones. Sad there is only one more left. 93-94 (3839 views) | |
| Tasted by Eliot on 1/20/2006 & rated 93 points: Decanted only 20 minutes; steady through the evening. Soft and seductive, drinking perfectly right now. Elegant nose, balance of all elements, tobacco and earth, just enough fruit, velvety tannins. Not a long finish, but that just kept you wanting to take the next sip. The best QPR on the planet? (3747 views) | |
| Tasted by grapist on 9/5/2005 & rated 93 points: Consistant with prior bottles, a delicious quaff. The tannins rich and soft, the fruit showing more leather and tobacco. I think at it's peak or perhaps a tad past. 92-93 (3734 views) | |
| Tasted by grapist on 6/28/2005 & rated 93 points: On our 35th Anniversary. Followed a Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoch and preceded a 78 Cos and a 70 (anniversary year) Lafite. The S-M was not out of place with the second and first growths. Drinking beautifully. Rich and full, tannins big but soft. Almost smoky with leather and tobacco layered over the fruit. 92-94 (3734 views) | |
| Tasted by jamiekutch on 3/22/2005: 1982 Bordeaux @ Wilf's (NYC): The best nose of the trio to start. Very sweet fruit - I found the mid palate to lack in structure overall size. The finish was also light and quick. Definitely the most ready of the three with soft, perfectly integrated or hidden tannins. The nose kept me coming back for more. (5697 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 4/12/2003 & rated 94 points: Almost black. Deep bouquet wit black juice and well integrated oak. Creamy, butter, bitter and wonderful juice (e.g. black currant). Long delicious aftertaste. This is a hell of a wine! (2554 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 3/7/1987 & rated 89 points: Impressive; deep dark purple. The bouquet is closed, but there is oak, cassis and liquorice. Firm but not acidic. A lot of soft tannin. Full bodied and compact. Already a beauty but this wine needs a lot of years to develop. 8 years + is what I wrote down at the time. (1841 views) |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well. The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them. The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation. But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character. Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years. In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (48 hectolitres per hectare). |
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