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2002 Château Sociando-Mallet |
| Vintage | 2002 |  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 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 12 notes) | |
| Tasted by megropolis on 1/24/2010 & rated 90 points: Good Bordeaux QPR for under $25. Classic Bdx Wine. (184 views) | |
| Tasted by swyang on 12/5/2009 & rated 90 points: beautiful showing. Dark violet color, beautiful nose of dark berries, pencil, and an unmistakably classic Bordeaux nose. At first a bit tannic, but as we went down the bottle in the course of couple of hours dinner it was very smooth and fully opened. I am a big fan of fine Bordeaux '02. Yet another vintage not so much talked about which delivers far better than one would expect and at a reasonable price. (491 views) | |
| Tasted by Brix on 4/11/2009 & rated 89 points: Black fruit, pencil shavings, toasty oak, and a minty-herbal Fernet Branca type quality to the nose. On the palate this is both tannic and oaky, with a stemmy, green , herbal note at the back. This needs time. (1126 views) | |
| Tasted by mulligan452002 on 11/12/2008 & rated 84 points: Peppery, in a mellow sort of way. Not my favourite, but still high good (83.5). (1303 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 2/24/2007 & rated 89 points: Des notes de viande rouge (sang), de fruits noirs, poussière, menthol, quelques notes végétal mais pas le typique poivron vert, après 1 heure de belle note de torréfaction (café) et de chocolat. En bouche la matière sans être énorme démontre une belle présence presque grasse, les tannins sont soyeux. Pas le plus complexe et profond mais un vin qui se laisse boire facilement et qui a du charme. 89 points (2456 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 1/16/2007 & rated 88 points: Restrained nose of graphite, leather and cassis. An austere palate of cool, barely ripe St. Estephe fruit. This wine does have a coarse finish so I'd recommend drinking it young. (2304 views) | |
| Tasted by DaleW on 9/12/2006 & rated 87 points: Midweight, fine tannins, a little light in the midpalate. I liked this a lot on release but this seems awkward now, maybe just a stage (2537 views) | |
| Tasted by Saint Stephen on 8/6/2006 & rated 88 points: (1997 views) | |
| Tasted by Saint Stephen on 4/3/2006 & rated 88 points: Hard to say - wasn't giving much - seems to have plenty of stuffing so maybe it was just shut down - given plenty of chance to shine next to a medium rare NY strip, homemade frites, and all the fixins. Not as good as the 02 Barton sitting next to it- but again ... perhaps this will emerge from its cocoon in 5-7 years and be a real charmer? (3100 views) | |
| Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 11/2/2005 & rated 90 points: Serious class here. With its dark color, lead-pencil perfume, and rich black fruit flavors, I'd figure this to be a top Pauillac, but no, it's just Sociando-Mallet. As plentiful as the tannins are, the fruit is bold enough to moderate them. There is already heavy sediment. (3415 views) | |
| Tasted by duchamp on 9/1/2005 & rated 88 points: Classic Cab dominated by cedar, cigar box, tobacco leaf, a bit limited not likely to improve with age (2572 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 8/23/2005: 2002 Bordeaux Offline (Frank's Steakhouse, NYC): Thick, smooth, full, classy. Rich. Great structure. Some darkness, some green. Nice. Approachable for a young Sociando. Like it. B/B+ (1047 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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