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Malescot St Exupery 2000
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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
This estate has been making fine wine for over a decade but never receives the attention it deserves. A great effort, the 2000 Malescot St.-Exupery exhibits a deep ruby/purple color along with a sweet nose of high quality oak, minerals, tobacco, black currants, and intriguing floral and anise notes. A wine of great purity, flavor concentration, and uncanny depth that seems to build in the mouth, this is a classic example of a quintessentially elegant, medium to full-bodied Bordeaux that is light on its feet, and impressively nuanced, yet concentrated. Gorgeous! Anticipated maturity: 2007-2022.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
The 2000 boasts a saturated purple color in addition to super ripe fruit in the nose suggesting black currants infused with floral, anise, and subtle wood characteristics. With great purity, flavor concentration, and depth, this is a tour de force in elegant winemaking, where the word "elegant" is not used as a euphemism for dilution. This wine is loaded, yet is remarkably delicate and nuanced. It is a brilliant achievement. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2020. This property is fashioning beautiful wines that are quintessential examples of elegance, finesse, and lightness allied to considerable flavor richness ... something only Bordeaux can do.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Lovely rustic nose that has a minerality to it, though a barnyard aroma creeps in after a while. Well-integrated tannins, balanced but not powerful. Perhaps dries a little towards the end but a decent enough 2000. Tasted June 2001.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
This estate, which has continued to impress me in recent years, hit a home run in 2000. Showing slightly better than I rated it previously, this wine is deep bluish/purple with some lightening at the edge, and its floral nose displays notes of melted licorice, crushed rock, blueberries and black raspberries. A wine of extraordinary balance, equilibrium, and purity, with supple tannins, this medium to full-bodied, concentrated effort is already compelling and has hit its window of full maturity, where it should stay for another 15-20 years.
Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
This is a concentrated and complete Malescot St.-Exupery. It is the quintessential model of elegance, finesse, and lightness, but the flavors are intense ... a difficult combination to achieve. This dense/opaque purple-colored wine offers a perfumed, floral, blackberry, cassis nose with mineral and new oak subtlety displayed in the background. In the mouth, it is authoritatively flavorful and intense, but does not appear to have a great deal of weight. Yet there is depth, length, and compelling harmony. This brilliant wine is a terrific model for why Bordeaux produces the world's greatest wines, combining intensity of flavor and power without heaviness, something virtually impossible to duplicate anywhere else in the world. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2020.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Good deep ruby-red. Explosive aromas of blackcurrant, mocha, coffee, molasses and spices. Sweet but firm, with sound acidity contributing excellent vinosity and leavening the wine's richness. Expressive flavors of raw currant, game and truffle. Thick but not overly fat, finishing with firm tannic spine and excellent persistence.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Medium ruby, more saturated than the 2001. Pungent, captivating aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, tar, licorice and minerals; strong suggestion of grape and raspberry jam. Round, velvety and sweet; larger-scaled and riper than the 2001 but in a somewhat awkward stage today and not showing as much verve in the mouth. Finishes with big, dusty, broad tannins and excellent length.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Good medium ruby. Liqueur-like aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, cassis, licorice, violet, bitter chocolate and spice. Terrific intensity and sweetness of fruit framed by spicy oak. Really saturates the mouth with flavor. Finishes very long and strong, with firm but ripe tannins. A strong showing.
About the Producer
Chateau Malescot St-Exupery is located in the Margaux appellation on the left bank of Bordeaux in France. The third growths include Chateau Palmer and Chateau Giscours. The history of Chateau Malescot dates back to the 17th century, and its name comes from the surnames of two old estate owners: Mr. Simon Malescot, who bought the estate in 1697, and he was the King's adviser attached to the Bordeaux Parliament, while the other was Count Jean-Boptiste Saint-Exupery, who managed the estate from 1827 to 1853. The former named the winery after its own name and carefully managed it for a century, expanding its area and maintaining its integrity and unity, while the latter renamed it Marigo Saint-Eye Chateau Malescot Saint-Exupery, referred to as Chateau Malescot, has been renovated. The fate of Chateau Marigo was a bumpy one, changing owners frequently and experiencing disasters such as phylloxera, mold pests, economic crisis and war damage. Although the winery was more carefully managed and new equipment was introduced after the rating, it still failed to escape the impact of the economic crisis in the early 20th century, and experienced many changes of owners after 1900. In 1955, when Paul Zuger took over the winery, he gradually rebuilt the winery with his love for the Bordeaux winemaking industry, producing characteristic wines that meet the standards of the Grand Crus. At the same time, he also acquired the Chateau Marquis d'Alesme Becker. Today, the new owner of the winery is Jean-Luc Zuger (Jean-Luc Zuger), under his management, the quality of the winery is unanimously recognized. Chateau Margaux's vineyards are located in two gravel-dominated areas in the Margaux region, consisting of five scattered parcels, two of which are directly north and west of Chateau Margaux , with a total area of 28 hectares. The surrounding surface is dominated by a 2-10 m thick gravel layer, extending along a gentle slope to the mouth of the Gironde, while the underlying soil is marl and marl formed in the Tertiary period. clay. Parts are iron layers, or "sandstone layers". The average age of the vines in the park is 35 years, and some old vines are over 50 years old. Currently, the proportion of grape varieties is mainly Cabernet Sauvignon (Cabernet Sauvignon) about 50%, Merlot (Merlot) 35%, Cabernet Franc (Carbernet Franc) 10% and Petit Verdot (Petit Verdot) 5%. The winery hired the famous "flying winemaker" Michel Rolland as a winemaking consultant. The wines of Chateau Marigo are fermented in temperature-controlled vats without the addition of additional yeast and other additives. Then when it is aged, its original wine will be aged for 14-16 months in new oak barrels, and the second wine will be aged for the same time, but its proportion of new oak barrels is only about 50%. Intense red berries and earthiness, Marigot is known for its enticing aromas of raspberry and violet, silky texture, full-bodied balance, refined elegance, round and concentrated tannins, expressiveness, spice and balsamic vinegar The chestnut flavor is accompanied by a balanced and pleasant acidity. Some of the better years, such as 2000, have received a high score of 92 by Robert Parker.
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