2003 Château Sociando-Mallet

Community Tasting Note

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84 Points

Sunday, October 18, 2020 - Opened and aired 2 hours before dinner. Cork was pretty soft. Needed to use the Durand on this. Very dark and opaque. Chocolate and very ripe black berries on the nose, but a classic cedar/pencil shavings Bordeaux beneath that. Very soft. Structure provided by the acidity which it has in adequate measure. Black tea, tobacco, a little leathery. Fruit is fading. Quite dry, but not in any way austere. A touch over medium-bodied. Good length. Perhaps a bit past prime. But then again, maybe not the best example due to the problematic cork. From this bottle, best to drink up.

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  • Comment posted by GAET:

    10/18/2020 7:32:00 AM - I think that this bottle has a cork problem, you better not put a score. Cheers

  • Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

    10/19/2020 3:25:00 AM - Probably should be marked ‘flawed’ becauSe the score is misleading for the average

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