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| Drinking window: Drink between 2026 and 2033 (based on 28 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by egoya on 5/8/2024 & rated 90 points: In the meantime I finished all my 8 bottles. All were consistently very good everyday wines, but probably would have improved if I would have resisted drinking them now.
Very good value, and on occasion I will buy some additional bottles. (15 views) | | | Tasted by mazik on 4/15/2024 & rated 90 points: Unusual to find a well aged Medoc available by the glass - at Restaurant Didon on Rue du Dragon. C.Aubell has it on the nose. (255 views) | | | Tasted by egoya on 1/24/2024 & rated 90 points: Had two bottles at two consecutive days. The first was clearly mature, medium bodied and surprisingly good. The second seemed to be a bit too young. Rating for the first bottle. Will wait a bit with my other bottles. (507 views) | | | Tasted by c.aubell on 12/24/2023 & rated 90 points: Smells of black plums, black currant, light tobacco, some leather and blackberry. Still fresh fruity taste of black fruit with good concentration and a long fruity and a light mature finish. Aired for 1-2 hours, can preferably do longer. Still high on fruit with easy maturing and strong tannins, but many years of cellaring will do this wine (and yourself) a favour. (531 views) | | | Tasted by Guy Libot on 11/18/2023: Well evolved, good balance. Unpretentious Bordeaux (588 views) | | | Tasted by Guy Libot on 7/4/2023: Opened the evening before and this worked well. No harsh tannins. Still quite a chewy wine. Full bodied. (898 views) | | | Tasted by Guy Libot on 11/3/2022: Definitely needs air. Upon opening too closed but mellows with air. Simple, straightforward Bordeaux (1423 views) | | | Tasted by vetlehs on 7/20/2022 & rated 90 points: Luftet tre timer. Intens, kraftig og veldig god. (1560 views) | | | Tasted by Psdycp on 2/27/2022 & rated 90 points: Soft red and blue fruits of raspberries and blueberries with spice box and savoury grilled asparagus. Palate is rich and fresh, as you chew the wine, more savoury notes surfaced with nice minerality in the polished mid-palate. Might not have the depth and power of a classified growth, this is very drinkable now, good balance and decent finesse. Finish is smooth on a bed of velvety tannins. Drink this pop and pour, will continue to develop for the next 3 years. (1888 views) | | | Tasted by kristen.jomas on 12/11/2021 & rated 90 points: Mørk og fløyelsaktig. Godt integrert allerede. (1918 views) | | | Tasted by kristen.jomas on 8/20/2021 & rated 90 points: Mørk rød til lilla. Solbær, kirsebær, mandel og vanilje. Mye frukt og tydelig, men integrert tannin. God fylde og lengde. Bra vin! (2029 views) | | | Tasted by FjordogFjell on 7/3/2021 & rated 88 points: Besøk av L&B. Fin rik lett moden Bx med god fruk. Trenger noen minutter i glasset. Da blåser hyllebusken bort. Fin vanilje og solbær (1615 views) | | | Tasted by Dithiolium on 6/14/2021 & rated 90 points: Deep red. Fresh fruit driven nose. Blackcurrant, ripe plum, dark cherry, tobacco, toasted oak. Soft tannins, moderate acidity, medium bodied and finish length. Lively and youthful wine. (1413 views) | | | Tasted by guitarkim on 4/1/2021 & rated 90 points: Intriguing nose with black currants, leather, stable, spice and wood. Medium bodied+ with nice acidity and solid tannins. Concentrated and long. Very nice indeed, and super value! (1391 views) | | | Tasted by FjordogFjell on 3/2/2021 & rated 90 points: Til oksesteik i fjorden. Forsmak i vinterhagen. Kraftig lukt og smak, med solbær og rognebær . Flott vin. 2 dager: tapt seg en del, men fortsatt ok (1417 views) | | | Tasted by Henri-st on 12/17/2020 & rated 92 points: This! We loved the 2003, but this 2014 is even better. It was good when we opened it, but now having aired 5 hours and slightly closer to room temperature, it's just a stunning wine. The nose is wonderful - dark and exotic. Rolling it in your mouth, the acidity makes it explode with amazing dark berry flavors; blackberry, cherry, but with some hints of spice. And the tannins are there to keep the explosion contained - it gives structure and allows you to dwell on the complexity of flavors. A favorite (1149 views) | | | Tasted by Gunnar.Bjerke.osen@domstol.no on 11/4/2020: Passer til okse og lam (1183 views) | | | Tasted by asheio on 4/26/2019 & rated 90 points: Tasted blind. Dark and tight color. Dark fruit, plums, some oak. Pure, juciy. Very nice fruit. Good amonut of tannins. Some alcohol in the finisGood QPR. (1600 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/14/2019 & rated 90 points: Soft, round open, easy drinking, crowd-pleasing charmer, with ripe, red fruits accompanied with licorice, smoke and tobacco leaf. This is going to be best over the next 6-8 years. (2489 views) | | | Tasted by Holadi on 10/26/2018 & rated 90 points: Deep. Structured. (1352 views) |
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Winedoctor, September 2019 (9/1/2019)
(Château Malescasse Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/23/2019)
(Ch Malescasse Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Panel Tasting
Decanter, Haut-Médoc 2014 (10/4/2018)
(Château Malescasse, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Let the Good Times Roll: 2015 Bordeaux from Bottle (11/30/2017)
(Chateau Malescasse) Login and sign up and see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/15/2017)
(Château Malescasse Haut-Medoc, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2014 Bordeaux: A September Surprise (Feb 2017) (2/1/2017)
(Malescasse Malescasse) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/22/2016)
(Ch Malescasse Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, September 2016 (9/1/2016)
(Château Malescasse Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2014 Bordeaux: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over (Apr 2015) (4/1/2015)
(Malescasse Malescasse) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/29/2015)
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| Château Malescasse Producer website - Read More about Chateau MalescasseRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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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.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its 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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