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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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 ...
Pretty damn good.. excellent with Monday meatloaf. Opens with a cool menthol aroma on your tongue. Glides along with finesse. Fruit is well balanced and the does are not too sharp or oaked. I see this improving with cellar time. Drink 2025-2040.
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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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10/3/2023 - BradA Likes this wine:
Pretty damn good.. excellent with Monday meatloaf. Opens with a cool menthol aroma on your tongue. Glides along with finesse. Fruit is well balanced and the does are not too sharp or oaked. I see this improving with cellar time. Drink 2025-2040.
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9/17/2023 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 97 Points
mini-vertical by Malescot Saint Exupéry, 3 days ago
2021 not tasted.
1) 2019 97/100
2) 2020 95/100
3) 2022 (sample) 94-95/100
4) 2016, 2018 94/100
6) 2015 93/100
7) 2017 92
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